dppledit
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10 years ago I think looking into it would definitely make sense. My thoughts were this: on the page for parents seeking booklists for their child, we could have a link to the monarch list of past winner and also a list of the current year's nominees in bibliocommons. Also, we could include a link to Sara's page, which would have information on the actual award and what we do at the library with the kids (i.e. clubs). That being said, perhaps the page with the information about bluestem, caudill, monarch, and even patch club should have a different name such as 'Rewards for Reading' or 'Reading Programs'- or something more descriptive. It could then include a link to SRC or WRC as the events come up (or Battle of the Books if we ever have that again).
Saw your message about managing web content and it reminded me that I've been meaning to ask you about this breakdown that we're looking at for our web content -- specifically separating book club info and book lists. The more I think about it, I think this is an arbitrary separation. Kids (or parents, for that matter) aren't going to instinctively know what we mean by a "book club." If anything, I would probably assume that it's a group or program that's held in the library on some sort of regular basis. I've tried looking at other library sites to see how they handle it, but can't find anything that really jumps out at me.
Could we / should we maybe reconsider how this Gcontent is organized before Courtney and I go further (on these particular pages)? I'm thinking maybe something along the lines of: "Looking for something to read?" Books by grade level Picture Books / Books by genre Monarch Award Books Bluestem Award Books Caudill Award Books etc.
-from sara