ALA 2017 - High-Impact Events to Foster Collaboration

1. High-impact STEM Events
to Foster Collaboration
Sunday, June 25, 2017

2. STAR_Net Project Stats
• Over 1.5 million patrons have visited STAR_Net
exhibitions
● Over 150,000 patrons have attended STAR_Net
programs
● Over 4,000 members have joined the STAR_Net
Community of Practice

3. Host Libraries

5. STAR_Net Community of Practice
• STEM Activity Clearinghouse (for activities and
programs and valuable resources)
• Blogs (share success stories)
• Forums (discuss promising practices)
• Webinars/Conferences (professional training)
• STAR_Net News (drives traffic)

6. Supported by
A National Earth and Space Science Initiative That
Connects NASA, Public Libraries and Their
Communities

7. Overarching Project Goal
By 2020, the NASA@ My Library project will increase
and sustain the availability of SMD-focused learning
experiences for underserved audiences through
• stakeholder engagement centered around high-
visibility NASA, Earth, celestial, and library events;
• professional development; and
• resource and experience development.

8. Strategic Focus Areas
• Public Library Infrastructure
• Rural and Underserved Audiences
• Connections to NASA Science
Professionals and Volunteers
• NASA, Earth, Library and Celestial Events

9. Partner Libraries

10. NASA
Mission
Events
(ongoing)
Int’l
Observe
the Moon
Night
Women’s
History
Month
Earth Day
Summer
Learning
NASA Goddard
Space Flight Center
Micoobservatory NASA Langley
Research Center
Temple Memorial Library, LLCRocky Ford Public Library
Key Events
2017 2018

11. The 2017 Solar Eclipse Event

12. Event Resources
• Vetted multimedia for
programming/promotion
• Media templates
• Hands-on NASA activities
• Subject Matter Expert
presentations
• Physical materials

13. Project BUILD
(Building Using an Interactive
Learning Design)

14. ‹#›
Project BUILD Coming Fall 2017

15. High-impact STEM Events
to Foster Collaboration

16. Small Steps to a Long-term
Library & Museum Partnership
CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

17. The Chicago Story: CPL & MSI

18. Summer Reading 1.0

19. 2013: CPL’s Areas of Impact

20. Museum of Science and Industry

21. MSI: Steering Wheel

22. The Importance of Summer Learning

24. What is the opportunity gap?
• Over the last 40 years, upper-income parents have
increased the amount they spend on their kids’
enrichment activities, like tutoring and extra curriculars,
by $5,300 a year.
• Lower-income parents have only been able to increase
their investment by $480, adjusted for inflation.

25. The STEAM Opportunity
STEAM education:
• Develops critical and
creative thinkers
• Increases science literacy
• Enables the next
generation of innovators

26. Shifting SRP to SLC
• Broaden library program from a traditional READING program to
an active LEARNING program
• Include museum’s STEAM learning and design thinking for
children of all ages
• Increase proficiency of STEAM instruction for library staff
• Engage parents, teachers and caregivers
• Utilize teens as STEAM ambassadors

27. Explorer’s Guide

29. Early Literacy: Aligns to Every Child Ready to
Read

31. Summer Brain Games

33. Curiosity Kits

34. Teens as Ambassadors

35. Summer Learning Challenge Results:
Compared to the prediction of where they
would be at the end of the school year, SCL-
involved youth systematically out-perform
their expectations, in particular those:
• In early grades
• With higher levels of participation
SLC participants gain:
• 20% gain in a school year’s mathematics
proficiency
• 15% gain in a school year’s reading
proficiency

36. What’s Next?

38. Liz McChesney
Chicago Public Library
System Wide Children’s Services
Director
emcchesn@chipublib.org
Bryan Wunar
Museum of Science and Industry
Community Initiatives Director
bryan.wunar@msichicago.org

39. ‹#›
Upcoming National Events and
Related Resources for Your Library
Rotate between stations:
•Station 1: NASA Mission Events
•Station 2: International Observe the
Moon Night 2017
•Station 3: Earth Day 2018

40. High-impact STEM Events
to Foster Collaboration

41. Feedback

42. Booth 4051