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Library lays out summer reading program and community challenge
Summary
Lexington County Library staff presented a branch-based summer reading program with weekly events at 10 branches, partnerships with local museums and the Blowfish, a grant-funded mobile recording studio project, and a 2,800,000-minute community reading challenge.
Library staff presented the countywide summer reading program and reading challenge. Kelly Poole introduced Jennifer Smith, the library's youth services coordinator, who described programming for children, teens and adults across 10 branches, partner appearances (Colonial Fair storyteller, Carolina Wildlife Center, Mad Platter resin workshops, Columbia Museum partnerships) and special events with the Blowfish baseball team.
Jennifer Smith outlined a grant-funded project to purchase a traveling recording studio and a Lake Murray oral-history component that will let patrons record and upload stories to an online database. The program includes branch-based storyteller visits, teen poetry sessions with the Columbia poet laureate, adult talks, and a community reading-minute challenge set at 2,800,000 minutes.
Smith also described prizes for participants (children under 5, adult options, branded mascot items) and the tracking platform (Beanstack). Staff invited committee members and the public to attend branch events and to use posted booklets and online sign-up tools.
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