Great Stories Club Final Report

Welcome to the final report for the Great Stories Club (GSC) – Changeseries. As you move ahead in your programming schedulethroughout the grant term, please complete the relevant areas below. You may save your work at any time by using the "Save" button at the bottom, and you may return to the form as often as you like.

When you are satisfied with your answers on any screen, use the "Proceed" button to move ahead. Navigation links at the right will appear as you advance, allowing you to move backward and ahead in the report. Per the grant requirements, the complete final report must be finalized 30 days following your last GSC program, or by January 31, 2017, whichever comes first.

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PROGRAMMING SUMMARY

Great Stories Club Programs

Please tell us about your GSC programs in the table below. Make revisions as necessary, and add anexpanded narrative description and actual attendance information for each event. You may delete or add rows until you’ve included all the events convened as part of your Great Stories Club. Note: All fields are required.

Event type / Date / Location / Attendance / Narrative description of the event
Please overwrite the text below to describe the event in detail (discussion topics, challenges, participant reactions, etc.)
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COMPLETED SURVEYS (optional)

Please share your completed GSC user surveys via file upload. You may add as many files as you wish.

  • Approximately what percentage of young adults who had the opportunity to complete a GSC survey declined to participate?
  • Approximately what percentage of young adults who completed the GSC survey did so more than once (i.e., for more than one book)?

RESOURCES

Did you use any of the supportingresources provided by ALA for the grant? If so, please rank them with a 1 (very useful), 2 (of some use), 3 (not useful/not used), or N/A if you were not aware of the resource.

GSC workshop (in-person, June 2016)

Printed promotional materials (sent by mail)

Downloadable promotional/support materials (e.g., certificates of completion, postcards)

Template PR materials (e.g., press releases, PSAs, social media posts)

Thematic essay (“The Art of Change: Creation, Growth and Transformation”)

Sample discussion questions for each book

Additional recommended reading list for the “Change” theme

Project discussion list ()

GSC web resources (tips on: Establishing an outreach partnership, Convening a successful discussion program, Working in a juvenile justice facility, Sample project proposal form for use with partners)

Personal support from project advisors or ALA staff

NARRATIVE

The following questions should be answered in narrative format (600 words or less). NOTE: All fields are required unless noted otherwise.

Goals:Tell us how your organization defined success when planning your GSC programs. Do you feel that you made progress toward, or achieved, those goals?If so, how did you accomplish this, and if not, what were the barriers you encountered?

Collaborators:Tell us about your GSC collaborators. Please describe your organizational partner(s), the personnel who led or moderated your discussion events, what they contributed to your series, how you worked together, and how your program attendees reacted to them. If your partners provided any feedback on their experience working on the GSC, please tell us about it.

Impact:ALA and NEH would like to know how your GSC programs impacted your organization, community, and program participants. Can you offer evidence of a specific benefit(s) accrued by any of these groups? How did you evaluate your programs, and what did you learn? We appreciate any direct feedback from project staff, speakers, partners, and especially teen participants; you may upload supporting information or examples.Comments are of particular interest to our funders and we appreciate your willingness to share them.

Areas for Improvement:Please tell us about any challenges you faced while implementing your programs. If you offered a GSC series again, what might you do differently? What might ALAdo differently?

Continuation:How will your organization support the work undertaken or expanded through this project? What are your plans for sustaining or building on the support offered to your GSC participants, beyond the grant term (upcoming programs/events, community support, referrals, etc.)?

Additional Information (optional): If there is anything else you would like to tell us about your experience conducting GSC programs, please use the space below.

OUTCOMES

Below are some of the results that ALA strives to support through the GSC program. Please identify any/all that apply to your experience. Through the GSC, my library:

engaged youth facing difficult circumstances with powerful works of young adult literature

facilitated probing discussions of intellectually stimulating humanities questions

affirmed the importance of youth voices in cultural discourse

affirmed participants’ beliefs in their intellectual capacities

connected “big ideas” (humanities concepts) to personal experience

offered emotional benefits by reducing feelings of depression and isolation

encouraged empathy through peer-based discussion groups

encouraged reading among non-readers

facilitated reflection and discussion of past actions and future opportunities for positive change inspired by the books

established important connections between at-risk teens, their public library, and their local librarian, as well as local nonprofits (e.g., universities, cultural centers, churches, adult education centers, community centers) that may be important to success after incarceration, treatment, graduation, or during other transitions

contributed to improved literacy

improved attitudes toward reading

inspired avoidance of future negative behaviors and outcomes in the lives of participants

prioritized specialized, literature-based library programming for underserved groups

established new local partnerships between libraries and community and cultural organizations

increased library use during and after the project term

provided a curated collection of literary programming resources for future use

other (describe)

Optional Matching Support (cash and in-kind)

If you received in-kind or matching donations from another source, please include that information here. Library and partner organization staff time spent working on the project may also be considered in-kind support. You will be prompted to enter both the dollar amount and a brief, one-sentence description of the source. This information is strongly encouraged, but optional.

  • Amount
  • Source
  • Type of Support
  • Description

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (optional)

The following may be provided via file upload:

  • Promotional materials
  • Media coverage
  • Event photos
  • Completed evaluations or evaluation results

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