Oklahoma Librarian

What is this event? I was approached by a girl scout who wanted to make a kindness rock garden to get her bronze metal. I was able to get approval for them to install it at the front of our library. We also wanted to do a rock painting event to tie everything together.  Description: Join Madelyn from Troop 5178 to paint kindness rocks for our new rock garden at the library! All kindness rocks made during this event will be added to the rock garden after they dry. We'll provide the supplies, you bring the kindness. What I did to prepare The rock garden was fairly easy to get approved by our branch manager. Madelyn and her mom came by the library to talk to me about details and where they would put it. It was great to see her mind working as she tried to find the best solution to problems. Once I got the okay with the location and sign they designed, we were able to pick a day to do the rock painting event that also announced the new rock garden. I was able to purchase rocks and acry

I put together a passive program that one of my coworkers suggested. It's a classic guess how many are in the jar game. I purchased 2 pounds of candy hearts and put as many as I could in the jar. The person who has the closest guess wins all the candy in the jar (we kept the jar). I put this on a table that was close to our reference desk, as to keep an eye on it. Anyone who wanted to guess wrote down their name and library card number. We had 62 people take a guess and 1 person got it right on the nose. We had 400 candy hearts in the jar. It was easy, cheap, and the kids loved it. 

What is this event? Vision boards have become popular over the past few years and are surprisingly easy to do at the library. This event aimed to have guests have a living vision board after 2 hours. They might not be done with it but they can continue to work on it as things change in their lives. I was able to find a local person who loves to teach people about vision boards. However, you do not need a presenter to do this event. Description for January: New Year, new you? But how do you transform yourself? Create that new you this year with a vision board! Come prepared with goals, a working plan, and ready to strategize. We will be writing, visualizing, and wondering what happens next when we achieve those goals! All supplies are provided.  Description for other months: It's never too late to make a change in your life. But how can you transform yourself? Create a new you starting now with a vision board! Come prepared with goals and be ready to strategize. We will write, visua