1. County Home School Booktalks 2009 – 2010 School Year
Results of HCL staff and CHS resident surveys

2. Process
County Home School residents were surveyed as part of May 2010 booktalk
Print surveys were put into survey monkey tool by volunteers
Hennepin County Library staff who participate in booktalks program were surveyed in June / July 2010
Power point of most popular books during school year compiled by volunteer

3. Survey of booktalkers

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12. Survey of booktalkers: suggestions
Continue to recommend new books that might be of interest to CMS residents.
umm, make me less nervous? Unless you have a magic wand that erases stage fright, I think they are good as is. The time commitment is definitely substantial, so it would have been nice to get more off-desk time to work on my book talks, but that's probably not possible.
Have booktalkers complete a short report following each visit that gets shared with other booktalkers so that we get to share experiences and best practices, as well as titles/authors they are really interested in.

13. Survey of booktalkers: suggestions
I would like to see the previously talked books include the blurbs on the sheets handed to students. This would help me make better selections. I would also like to see the time between when a book was talked and when it is talked again shortened -- maybe 4 months?
This is such a great program--I hope that it continues despite lower numbers of students at the school. I can't think of anything to improve the experience other than keep it going!
Have boys and girls separate.

14. Survey of booktalkers: suggestions
Scheduling the visits can be complicated--we have had to reschedule multiple times. Making the CHs school calendar available to booktalkers would help
Hard to say, given the changes that have taken place there. Making sure that there is a permanent teacher present, who knows the drill and is participating, is critical. My visit this year would have been a complete disaster had the teachers not been fully present. My visit a few years ago did not fare so well--the teacher was "present" but not fully engaged.
Can't think of anything. It's pretty darned good as is!

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17. Survey of CHS residents
What do you like MOST about the booktalks you have seen?
the people make the book sound good
Every time they come they have a different book and there are such a wide variety that i absolutely love
the way they described the books
they help me understand what the book is about
they talk about all the books i was interested

18. Survey of CHS residents
What do you like LEAST about the booktalks you have seen?
nothing at all really. Just the residents interrupting the speakers.
that you can’t get them the same day
half the books don't look good
its not short and sweet by the point
how long they are
when it ends

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26. Survey of CHS residents: comments
more urban books
bring dog books like pit bulls
cover more books/ give LESS detail
have more teen fiction
just the amount of time we got but i doubt its up to you guys to change
longer time more books

27. Next steps / recommendations
Share results with CHS teachers
Ask CHS teachers to share results with students
Share results with HCL booktalkers, and later all HCL staff

28. Next steps / recommendations
Create vehicle for booktalkers to report / share information
Drop number of titles to five
Drop number of months before repeating title to six

29. Next steps / recommendations
Create links to previous booklists on booktalk web page
Ask Foundation for funding for staff to perform talks
Work with CHS teachers on their role in program

30. Next steps / recommendations
Add to suggested lists more urban fiction, teen fiction, and poetry of interest to CHS students
Booktalk more titles, give less detail about each
Increase amount of fiction / decrease non-fiction except for poetry and sports