Jane Williams for the committee
Members and their responsibilities:
Kari Baker, Nonprint Media Services
Bob Kackley and Sandy Lynch, library tent on McKeldin Mall
Patti Longenbach and Marianne Ryan, Government Documents
Christine McCarthy, bookmaking and preservation and conservation exhibits
Don Manildi, piano demos and other activities in Performing Arts Library
Jennie Min, origami-making, Japanese animated films and Prange exhibit
Anne Turkos, Maryland Room and KAP Room open houses; “Take a Terrapin
Home”
Michelle Wellens, Friends display and raffles and co-sponsorship of
Bob the VidTech
Lisa Wheeler, note-taker, meeting arranger and contact for distributed
items
Jane Williams, chair of library committee and representative to campus
committee Rebecca Wilson, design and production of posters, signs and exhibits
Evelyn Yocco, coordinator for McK Information, Access Services and
Welcome Desks
Marie Chadley was the volunteer photographer and Ross Laguerre substituted for Evelyn Yocco the week before and week of MD Day.
Thanks to the many library staff, including volunteers on the day of Maryland Day, who made the library activities successful.
Summary of activities
The library tent on McKeldin Mall was swarming with children during
Bob the VidTech’s and partner Brianna’s two autograph sessions and was
intermittently busy the rest of the day. The Friends’ raffles in the tent
and elsewhere worked well. In the Performing Arts Library, the piano
demos were well attended, but the online music quizzes and database demos
didn’t draw many. Nonprint Media hosted a successful festival of
local filmmakers as well as runs of old cartoons. The origami-making,
“Take a Terrapin Home” and “Make Your Very Own Book” were very popular.
The latter two ran out of supplies well before day’s end. GovDocs
did lots of things with its USDA theme, from giveaways to cooperating with
Ag Day. The Diversity Committee’s ribbons exhibit in McKeldin’s vestibule
caught the eyes of many passersby.
Ideas for next year
- Find a balance with giveaways, informational handouts and activities for the tent.
- Use the tent better to publicize library activities in other sites.
- Explore “quiet performances” to host in the Performing Arts Library proper.
- Repeat what has/will become Libraries’ “signature events” -- e.g., piano demos, book-making, terrapin-making, film festival.
- Have one primary contact person for each library activity.
- Clarify who gets t-shirts and why. (The t-shirts are symbols of volunteers and workers at service desks who have the needed information and can answer questions from the general public about MD Day events and logistics.)
