The presentation showcases a partnership between a library and recreation program via field trip and a tour of learning spaces in the community.

1. Weaving library service via
field trips into summer
camps.
Samson Summer Camp Visit to the
Maskwacis Cultural College Library
July 28, 2014 from 2 to 3 pm

2. Community Invitation and
Partnerships
This presentation showcases Maskwacis Library-Samson
Recreation program partnership to enhance and enrich
the summer camp with books and a tour of learning
places in the community. It highlights the goals,
network of people, tour agenda, media coverage, and
TD Summer reading Club (TDSRC) statistics.

3. Goals
• To visit Maskwacis library
• To use the services provided by Maskwacis library
• To participate in the library portrait and book portrait
project
• To take home reading packets and books
• To engage summer students in library activities
• To connect summer students working at the library
with summer students working at different
organizations in the Maskwacis community
• To be accountable to our contributors and
collaborators
• To collaborate with more community agencies and
their programs

4. Tour network
• 17 people in the age group of 7 to 12 years (7
boys and 9 girls)
• 6 visiting summer students in the age group of 14
to 18 years
• 3 summer students working in the library
• 1 student and program coordinator
• 1 summer camp manager
• 1 librarian
• 1 business Gords NoFrills
• We appreciate the support provided by our
contributors: TDSRC and Save the children

5. Tour agenda
• Library portrait
• Pick a library service: listening, viewing,
reading, etc
• Borrow books
• One minute information literacy for summer
students (Internet CRAP: Current, Relevant,
Authority, and Purpose)
• Meet a guest and learn about indigenous
crafts
• Book portrait

6. Library portrait

7. We are watching

8. Registering for the reading program

9. Access to books

10. Summer students recording library
transactions at mobile checkout counters

11. Summer student at mobile counters

12. Summer students also checking out
books for themselves

13. Rita Cutknife showing her moss baby
creation

14. What would you like to do next?

15. We have our reading packets

16. Library’s summer students Ethan and
Shakil with Sandy the summer camp staff

17. Book portrait

18. Media – People are talking
http://www.ponokanews.com/news/268295092.html

19. 172 people registered for the summer
reading program: A touch of reading in
the life of boys & girls
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
37%
Boys
51%
Girls
12%
Not specified

20. 65% of the participants were in the
age group of 4 to 11 years.
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10
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18
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18
14
17
16
14
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8
9
6
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6
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10
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Achieved our goal of reaching and providing access to books
to the school aged children in the summer.

21. To book a library tour for your group
contact
• Manisha Khetarpal
• Tel: 780 585 3925
• mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca