Nuts, Bolts, and Other Summer Planning Tools on Sunshine & Stories

What is Sunshine & Stories?

Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library podcast dedicated to all things summer in public libraries. During our 2024-25 season, keep an eye out for new episodes twice a month from August to May. We’ll explore topics like performers, incentives, outreach, volunteers, capturing impact, and many more ideas related to designing a summer public library program for your whole community (adults included!). Featuring interviews with other Colorado State Library staff and ideas from Colorado library professionals around the state, this podcast aims to provide valuable insight and spark creative ideas in your public library’s own 2025 summer planning. Whether you’re a veteran in the summer library program planning world, a newbie looking to start a summer program for the first time, or someone who’s considering changing up your program a little or a lot this year, we hope this podcast will be a valuable resource for you. Sunshine & Stories is available on most major podcast apps.

Episode 107: The Nuts & Bolts of CSLP and CSL Summer Resources:

Episode Summary:

The Collaborative Summer Library Program’s (CSLP) 2025 program manual is live! So we’re digging into all the resources CSLP and the Colorado State Library (CSL) have available to help you plan next summer’s library program in and with your community. Manuals, toolkits, printables, programs in a box, and more. This week listen and learn a little bit more about everything CSLP and CSL have to offer. Full transcript available here.

00:00 – Introduction
01:24 – What the heck is CSLP?
03:55 – CSLP’s 2025 resources
06:36 – Don’t forget to review the CSLP Rules of Use
09:58 – And what’s the State Library got for me?
15:20 – A few CSLP program manual highlights
16:16 – Closing

Resources:

Collaborative Summer Library Program
CSLP Rules of Use Guide
Colorado Virtual Library website
Colorado Youth Services Network mailing list
Quick Bites: 20-Minute Early Literacy Talks
CSL Kits program kit collection
CSL Book Club Resource

Reach Kate Brunner at brunner_k@cde.state.co.us and Kate Compton at compton_k@cde.state.co.us

Next Drop-in Chat:

Hey Colorado library folks! Join us on November 5, 2024 at 11:00 am to noon Mountain Time for our next online Summer Drop-in Chat. No need to register. Come when you can, stay for as long as you can. See you soon!

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