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STAR_Net Resources from Participants

National Girls Collaborative Project

Bringing STEM Learning into Public Libraries: Collaboration and Resources for Librarians.

Edited Chat Log: 2/28/12

Resource Information and Links


  • To join the Community of Practice, visit: www.community.discoverexhibits.org or email aholland@spacescience.org




  • Solar System Ambassadors who work with libraries on the NASA website at: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/informal/features/getting-the-word-out.html.

For more information about Solar System Ambassadors, email: Kay.A.Ferrari@jpl.nasa.gov


  • Twitter feed for this was: #STEMlibraries.


Introductions from Participants

  • Natalie Houston: Good afternoon from Orlando!

  • Vicky Raya: Hi everyone! This is Vicky Raya, diversity program manager at NGCP.

  • Indira Dholakia: Hello all, I'm Indira Dholakia from Cascades Library, Loudoun County Public Library.

  • LaKisha Hall: Greetings, This is LaKisha Hall of Mother of Science, STEM consulting boutique.

  • motherofscience.org

  • Leisa Caravello: Good After noon from Orlando, FL

  • Mary Anne Stanley: Hello from Manheim Township in Lancaster County, PA.

  • Mary Eckerle, Marion Public Library - Marion, Indiana

  • Leisa and I are from the Orange County Library System in Orlando, FL

  • Christy Headrick from Berthoud

  • Evelyn Kim Adams and others

  • Wini Ashooh from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library System in Virginia

  • Lisa Donner, Spring Lake District Library in Spring Lake Michigan

  • Paula Bannon: Paula Bannon, Elizabethtown Public Library, Elizabethtown, PA

  • Mary Anne Stanley: I'm actually not sure what proportion of the community thinks about STEM learning in the Library, but I know that the staff, the board, and the Friends group understands that it is.

  • Christine Leary from Loudoun County Library. Youth Services Librarian who does a Math and Science program for school-age students

  • Amy Boling: St. Charles Parish Library, Louisiana

  • John Jewitt, Howard County Library System, Columbia, MD

  • Anne Holland: Hi there, Anne from the Space Science Institute (Boulder, CO)

  • Tracy Blair: Hi Corry, Public Library Corry PA

  • Sandra Wagner: Monticello Public Library in Monticello, Indiana

  • Carol Rietzke, Lake Villa District Library, Lake Villa IL

  • Kathy Merchant: Kathy & Tricia are from the Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation, California

  • Evelyn Kim Adams: Kym Kirkely (with Adams above) New Brunswick Free Public Library, New Brunswick, NJ

  • Patrick Spurlock: Patrick Spurlock, South Georgia Regional Library (Valdosta, GA)

  • Amanda Lindsay, DeKalb County Public Library, Georgia

  • Keliann LaConte (LPI): Hi, all! Keliann LaConte, Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, TX

  • Amy Koester, St. Charles City-County Library District in Missouri

  • Susan Stephens: Chattooga County Library System, Summerville, GA

  • Amanda Liss, Loudoun County Public Library, Leesburg VA

  • Susan Brandehoff: Hello everyone, Susan Brandehoff, ALA Public Programs Office, Chicago

  • Wess Garcia: Rancho Cucamonga Library Services, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

  • Heather Ketron and Jennifer Welti: Loudoun County Public Library. Develop and present 123 Math & Science programs for children ages 8 - 11.

  • Lisa Curtis: Hi everyone! I'm from the Space Science Institute's National Center for Interactive Learning.

  • Kim Lehman: Greeting from Austin, TX I am overseeing a science grant serving 40 libraries.

  • Beth Cook, Laramie County Library, Cheyenne, WY

  • Stephanie Shipp: Hello all! I am with the Lunar and Planetary Institute.

  • Cindy Fouraker: Port Orange Regional Library, Port Orange, FL

  • Janet Vogel: Hello from Frederick MD. I'm Janet Vogel representing Frederick County Public Libraries

  • Julia Skolnik, Project Associate-Curriculum Specialist at The Franklin Institute, manager of the LEAP into Science museum-library program

  • Ginger Fitzhugh: Hello! I'm from Evaluation & Research Associates

  • Paul Dusenbery: Hi everyone. Thanks for participating. I'm from SSI's National Center for Interactive Learning (NCIL) and the PI for the STAR_Net project funded by NSF.

  • Sandra Anderson: Sandra Anderson: Frankfort Public Library Frankfort, Il, We have a Mad Science group and have an IEEE grant.

  • Christina Campbell, Cusetta-Chattaoochee County Public Library

  • Rachel Wallace and Lois MacMillan from Pensacola Public Library, FL

  • Cindy Fouraker: Hi Stephanie! Great Explore! programs!

  • Megan Fox from Laramie County Library in Cheyenne, WY

  • Johannah Genett: Hello. I'm the programming librarian for Hennepin County Library, MN

  • Amanda Harvey, Florida Museum of Natural History

  • Susan Weaver: Hello - Susan Weaver from the Lafayette Library and Learning Center. My library Foundation members are also viewing this today. We've hosted some STEM programs and are interested in doing more.

  • Hello, Clara Choi from Loudoun County Public Library in Virginia

  • Sydney McCoy: Hi Susan. :) I'm an Ex CCCLIB employee

  • Hello everyone! Michelle Pursel, Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg VA

  • Hi I'm Sydney McCoy Frederick County Public Libraries Frederick MD

  • Dale McCreedy: Hi - I am the Director of Gender and Family Learning Programs at The Franklin Institute

  • Hi, I'm Bethany Richardson from Loudoun County Public Library in VA

  • Gillian Wiseman: HI! Teen and Reference Librarian in Waco Texas

  • Hello. Kay Ferrari from NASA/JPL, Pasadena, CA

  • Stephen Pharis: Columbus Public Library Columbus Georgia

  • Hi, I am Rachel Cuzzo, a Youth Services Assistant at Frankfort Public Library District in Frankfort, IL.

  • Hi - This is Janice from Lee County Libraries in SW Florida

  • Hi everyone! Jennifer Dominiak from the American Library Association Public Programs Office.

  • Hi! I'm Ruth Meyer from West Unity Branch Library in West Unity, Ohio suzanne.robinson@nashville.gov:Hello. I am Suzanne Robinson, Branch Manager of the Inglewood Branch of the Nashville Public Library.

  • Hello- Karen Alfino- I will be working with the Lafayette Library (Susan Weaver???) on some STEM programming this summer

  • Sally Chilson: Hi, I'm the youth services coordinator at Spokane Public Library in WA

  • Gillian Wiseman: Vivian and Stacy - children's Librarians from Waco are here also.

  • Hi Margaret Race-- SETI Institute and also Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation

  • Ann Nichols - Director of East Bonner County Library District - Sandpoint, ID

  • Mary Beth Rassulo and Mary Rindfleisch from Ridgefield Library, CT

  • Craig Graziano from Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg, VA. Hi!

  • Hi, I'm Kristin Williamson. I am the children's librarian at the Midwest City Public library in Oklahoma

  • Tim Mallory, Timberland Regional Library , SW Washington State

  • Sehri Strom: Hi. I'm a substitute librarian with the Hennepin County Library in Minnesota

  • Hello! Sue Kaplan and Susan Denniston are here from Sunnyvale Public Library in CA

  • Lynn Burkholder, Director of Lower Providence Community Library in Eagleville, PA.

  • Kathy Merchant: Hi Margaret at SETI from your LLLCF colleagues!

  • Anne Lee: I'm a youth services librarian from the Loudoun County Public Library in northern Virginia.

  • Judith Bergeron, Smithville Public Library Director - and the one who really wants more science in the library!

  • Catherine Carey

  • Maureen Smith: I am a Youth Services Librarian at the Rust Library in the Loudoun County Library Syster

  • Marie Slaby: Hi, I'm joining Janet and Sydney from Frederick County Public Libraries in MD.

  • Karen Brown, Associate Professor, GSLIS Dominican University (IL)

  • Margaret Perkins, I am the Acting Director of the Medway Public Library in Massachusetts

  • Kate Kearns: Youth Service Librarian, Mancos Public Library, Mancos, Colorado

  • Lew Prillaman: Youth Services with Loudoun County Public Library

  • Jamie Gaines with the Calcasieu Parish Public Library in southwest Louisiana

  • Vicky Ragan Coulon, Evaluation & Research Associates

  • Hi, I'm Katie Kauffman from Norwin Middle School Library in PA

  • Wendy Rowe, Chair, Medway (MA) Board of Library Trustees

  • Wendy Martin, Director for Science in Motion, Elizabethtown College

  • Laura Harris - Johnson County Public Library

  • Jennifer Beach, Programmer, Kenton County Public Library

  • Shanna McGaughey: Head of Youth Services, Purcellville Library, Loudoun County

  • Kristine Kreidler McKean, Teen Services, Boynton Beach City Library

  • Annette Hodges: Children's Librarian at Janet F.Harte Public Library (combined public library with Flour Bluff ISD High School Library)

  • Hi! I'm Peggy Johnson, Youth Associate from Zion-Benton Public Library in Zion, IL. I work with mostly K-5th and have a science emphasis in a weekly Wed. afternoon program. I also was a Math major when I was in college.

  • Tracey Cao, Harry Bailey, Lynn Cole - Children's Library Discovery Center, Queens Central Library, Queens, NY

  • Annette Hodges: Flour Bluff is a suburb of Corpus Christi, TX

  • Mandy Simon, Young Adult Librarian in Bexley, Ohio

  • Catherine Hall, Barbara Bolstridge, and Elisa Burggraf, Loudoun County Public Library, Virginia

  • Hello-Rebecca Purdy from the Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Fredericksburg, Virginia

  • Sheetal Chinoy from the Houston Public Library,

  • Donna Crane, Children's Programming Assistant, The Brookfield Library

  • Annette Hodges: We are going to be opening the Visions of the Universe exhibit this Saturday, March 3 at our library

  • Lois Marshall, Lincoln University (MO)/Page Library

  • Catherine Barnett, Chillicothe Public Library (IL)

  • Rinalda Farrar, Lincoln University (MO)/Page Library

  • Linda Holtslander

  • Annette Hodges: We will be having two different kinds of rocket launches at our library this Saturday

  • Annette Hodges: Yes...we call them Fizzy Rockets

  • Annette Hodges: (Ghe alka-seltzer rockets) I've done them before at our library and with Cub Scouts as well. Also, our high school teachers and students are doing a rocket launch demo this Saturday as well.

  • Mary Breymaier: Mary Breymaier, Ida Rupp Public Library, Port Clinton, OH

  • Judith Bergeron: I have tried to pull together my own knowledge and resources to offer science in the library - having these resources in one place will be fantastic!

  • Renee Christiansen: Youth Services, Lancaster, PA

  • Annette Hodges: We are also having a STARLAB planetarium set up next month and in April at our library...

  • Anna Hutson, Peoria Public Library. I agree, Judith, I've been kind of winging it; these resources will really help.

  • Annette Hodges: Are these the Space Ambassadors from JPl/NASA?

  • Queens Library: We have Saturday Science Lab every Saturday for kids in elementary school at the Children's Library Discovery Center in Queens.

  • Queens Library: Amy, it is very popular, we get about 70% of the same attendees nearly every week.

  • Mary Anne Stanley: For Saturday Science Lab, do you set up some theme-related activities, or do you have several stand-alones? What ages? And do you graph the data as part of the experiment model?

    • Queens Library: Mary Anne - we have a STEM initiative, as a part of that, a group of young adults who facilitate, labs are always activities focused., most weeks 3 or 4 activities, groups of kids cycle through in grouped ages

  • Johannah Genett: Question for Donna: How did you promote events and did you get good turnouts?

  • Hi. I'm Kay Ferrari. I run the NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors Program.

  • Annette Hodges: We are having a space ambassador coming this Saturday (from Houston, our nearest one)

  • Annette Hodges: Awesome, Kay...we look forward to meeting our ambassador on Sat.

  • Kay Ferrari: If you have questions about Solar System Ambassadors or Solar System Educators, I'll be happy to answer

  • Queens Library: Each week is a theme - we're doing a series of physiology programs, this past week on skeletons, next week skin. We have done earth science and astronomy.

  • LaKisha Hall: What grant sources are available for funding STEM-related programming?

  • Amanda Harvey: It's a large room sized igloo shaped planetarium-- people crawl in through a small tunnel entrance

  • Margaret Race: Have you linked with local teachers on any of these activities-- or just do it as a library?

  • Kay Ferrari: One of our Solar System Ambassadors is on the webinar. Dr. Margaret Race

  • Amanda Harvey: Have any of your libraries partnered with local museums?

  • Annette Hodges: At our library, our high school librarian is setting up a schedule for the teachers to bring their students to see the Visions...exhibit and go into the STARLAB

  • Annette Hodges: I will be the one inside STARLAB (reading a story, etc.)

  • Queens Library: We partnered with the NY Hall of Science, the Brooklyn Children's Museum and the San Francisco Exploratorium for our Science in the Stacks NSF grant which produced small table top exhibits which are on display at all times in the library.

  • Sydney McCoy: Queens folks :) We hope to make a field trip to see your library. Will one of you email me your contact information?

    • Queens Library: We'd love to have you! We're very proud of our discovery center. Will email after the webinar

    • Sydney McCoy: Great. smccoy@frederickcountymd.gov Thanks!

    • Queens Library: My email is scole@queenslibrary.org, if anyone would like more information about what we are doing here.

    • Kathy Merchant: Please also send queens contact to kmerchant@lllcf.org. Thanks!

  • Kristin Williamson: When will the Discover Tech grant application be available on the ALA-PPO webpage?

    • Susan Brandehoff: The Discover Tech application will be available on March 1, 2012.

    • Susan Brandehoff: Here's the link: http://www.ala.org/offices/ppo

  • Annette Hodges: Our solar system ambassador for this Saturday will be Todd Sullivan (from Houston)

  • Kay Ferrari: I'll be eager to read Todd's report on the event, and to pass on the report to the NASA Office of Education in my weekly report

  • Donna Winter: That's a really good deal on the STARLAB. I think we paid around $300 for the day

  • Annette Hodges: We were lucky enough to be able to borrow an older model of STARLAB from the school district

  • Queens Library: Are you using STARLABs inside or outside?

    • Annette Hodges: Inside the library...probably in our large meeting room. We have had it here before.

  • Donna Winter: Minigrants through the state are possible sources of funding. Government agencies like NASA are free except travel expenses usually.

  • Paul Dusenbery: Another possibility for small amounts of funding would be to approach local businesses or community groups like Rotary. It really makes sense to join groups like Rotary or Chamber of Commerce.

  • Annette Hodges: Texas has state grants, but I am not sure if this would be covered.

  • Renee Christiansen: Optometrists who support clear vision! perhaps the banks too; they have funds specifically for educational programming.

  • Donna Winter: National businesses like Target provide community grants, too

  • Paul Dusenbery: Other collaborators who can bring cool science stuff would be departments of physics at some universities that have active outreach programs.

  • Kathy Merchant: What state agencies would be an example for funding?

  • Kathy Merchant: How did you attract middle school children who are already so busy?

  • Dale McCreedy: The Franklin Institute is partnering with libraries across the country in promoting science through linkages with children's literature. LEAP into Science is an NSF program.

    • Queens Library: We are very fortunate to be a part of LEAP into Science, it's very cool!

    • Annette Hodges: We are offering some space programs during our school's spring break

  • Keliann LaConte (LPI): Is anyone offering science programs during summer to go along with the CSLP theme, "night"?

  • Kristin Williamson: My library is partnering with the local astronomy club, zoo, science museum, and nature center to do programs about space and nocturnal animals.

  • Ruth Meyer: We plan to offer space programs

  • Amy Koester: A lot of these resources are fantastic for space-themed STEM programs--what about other STEM topics?

  • Kay Ferrari: The SSA website is at: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/

  • Tracy Blair: How do you get in touch with the Star Lab

  • Amanda Harvey: What do you think are the best ways to establish partnerships with different groups within your community?

  • Annette Hodges: Keliann, I am offering a few science programs, including a Mars Landing Party

  • Mary Anne Stanley: We always have a need for children's programming, but adults are, as a group, quite ignorant about science and technology. So we need more for the adults, so we can get science education funded for children.

  • Anna Hutson: Many programs seem more physics based, has anyone done much with the life sciences?

  • Kristin Williamson: NOAA has a lot of good resources for atmospheric and meteorological activities

  • Wes Garcia: We will be offering a STEM Robotics Workshops using LEGO WeDo and Mindstorm kits. It will be funded through a California state Library grant

  • Queens Library: We encourage the adults to be a part of our Saturday Science Labs with the hope of the knowledge/experience continuing outside of the library and do our little bit to raise the science literacy for everyone.

  • Cindy Fouraker: Collaborative Summer Library Program = CSLP

  • Kristin Williamson: http://www.sciencecafes.org/ PBS’s NOVA program has a great website with details on how to start a Science Cafe for adults.

  • Evelyn Kim Adams: This has been very helpful but I would love to have a short list of KNOWN funders who have a track record for funding this type of project....I realize it does change geographically ....It would help because the time to research funding sources is hard to come by.

  • Amanda Lindsay: I am doing a simple machines competition as well as a basic college fantasy football program to talk about statistics and research.

  • Donna Winter: Tracy Blair, search for a local hands on museum, or Google search "star lab"

  • Queens Library: Clarification - we encourage the parents/caretakers of the kids to take part in our science programming.

  • Cheryl Heid: The adults of our community really enjoyed the astronomy programs we offered

  • Amanda Harvey: What do you think are the best ways to establish partnerships with different groups within your community?

    • Margaret Race: We have been offering monthly science cafe speaker for adults.... unusual topics-- science of wine; science of art conservation, science of origami, science of Steinway pianos & sound -- etc.

    • Tracy Blair: A great thing for those who have a First Robotics Team in their area can use them as a resource for programs they love to come and show what they have done.

    • Renee Christiansen: Re: the partners in your community; we are working with our local Penn State Cooperative Extension office that has designed a nighttime program entitled Beauty by Night, it will be presented by Master Gardener. We are fortunate to have local science museum and a natural history science museum too.

    • Mary Anne Stanley: Probably many libraries offer programs for children that have science - related components. We need to be more aware of pointing out those components, through listing how they relate to state or national science standards, and just through casual remarks during the programs.

  • Cheryl Heid: Amanda -I would encourage you to ask to be able to speak at the organizations and go out into the community to introduce yourself and your library. Constantly make yourself known and communicate with them often

    • Wess Garcia: We are working with a local community College, a local high school robotics team, High school Key Clubs and STEM clubs

    • Amanda Lindsay: I agree Cheryl sometime just talking to organizations will lead to a collaboration you never thought about.

  • Ruth Meyer: One great resource is the local science teachers, who don't get to do all those really cool experiments at school and will bring them to your library

  • Renee Christiansen: If someone would like to see the power point for the Beauty by Night program, please feel free to contact at rchristiansen@lancasterlibraries.org

  • Amanda Harvey: Thanks, Cheryl. I figured that was the case for most of us! But thought I'd see if anyone has had experience with any other routes.

  • Cheryl Heid: Often times, other community members know others that will assist your library

  • Johannah Genett: Can anyone speak to the need for a librarian who is passionate about STEM? We've tried to have librarian-led programs but if the librarian isn't knowledgeable and passionate about science, the librarian can't offer a quality program.

  • Keliann LaConte (LPI): We post mission news and science, resources, and opportunities related to Earth and space science at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/forum/education/. Sometimes we find grant opportunities to post there.

  • Annette Hodges: Two local teachers will also be speaking about their recent experiences at Space Camp this Saturday.

  • Tracy Blair: Do any of you who are very STEM active have a good partnership with your local school and how did you get them involved?

    • Cindy Fouraker: Middle School Robotics team will be coming to our library in April

    • Wess Garcia: For local school partners I usually find students who are active with STEM and science and math based organizations through SRP volunteers




  • Queens Library: As a non-formal science educator, when tackling a new subject area, I go for the middle school books at the library, a great basic starting point.

  • Anna Hutson: I have a lot of luck with my stock response, "I don't know, let's find out!"

  • Judith Bergeron: Our city (small town pop 4000) is trying to work with schools to partner on educational goals. Having a scientist as a library director helps, but getting the school teachers to come "play" with science in the library will be a good way to get the kids to come in, too.

    • Renee Christiansen: Local high school has a Rocket Club and they only have asked for eggs, as in donations to do a Rocket program, contacting them and finding out who the parent or teacher is that will gather the group together. Remember the movie Rocket Boys?

  • Anne Holland: Sharon, I can add that as a discussion board topic (and you can receive alerts when those boards get updated)

  • Marie Slaby: I agree that having local teachers/students come present programs is a great way to ensure a crowd--they bring their friends and families and promote the program widely.

  • Peggy Johnson: I use the 500's in the youth section of the library and Steve Spangler's website for lots of ideas.




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