16:10:53 From Noah Lenstra : Hello everyone! We'll start in about 20 minutes. Feel free to introduce yourselfs 16:11:56 From Maureen Boland to Noah Lenstra (Privately) : hello 16:12:22 From Maureen Boland to Noah Lenstra (Privately) : im your cohost 16:12:26 From Noah Lenstra to Maureen Boland (Privately) : Hello 16:12:29 From Noah Lenstra to Maureen Boland (Privately) : I'm here! 16:15:07 From Maureen Boland to Noah Lenstra (Privately) : I have the websites from your proposal queued up for chat copy and pasting 16:15:57 From Maureen Boland to Noah Lenstra (Privately) : what do you need me to do? 16:16:13 From Noah Lenstra to Maureen Boland (Privately) : That's awesome! I can't think of anything else 16:23:20 From Maureen Boland to Noah Lenstra (Privately) : If you think of anything, let me know. You'll be amazing. 16:24:24 From Noah Lenstra to Maureen Boland (Privately) : Thanks! 16:25:50 From Maureen Boland : Hello everyone! We'll start in about 5 minutes. Feel free to introduce yourselfs 16:26:18 From Noah Lenstra : Presenter Noah Lenstra here. Looking forward to talking with all of you 16:26:51 From Kelly H : Hello from (a snowy) Alberta Canada! 16:28:17 From Maureen Boland : Hello I'm your chat monitor from sunny FL 16:29:51 From CrawfordT : Greatly enjoyed "Healthy Living at the Library"...Noah it has led to many good discussions and ideas... 16:30:11 From Maureen Boland : Hello everyone! We'll start in about a minute. Feel free to introduce yourselfs 16:30:55 From Sandra Brautigam : Hello. Sandra Brautigam from Wildomar California. Looking forward to the discussion. 16:30:56 From Duy Tran : Hello from San Jose, CA 16:30:58 From Jennifer Ambrulevich : Hello from San Francisco Public Library 16:31:00 From Mellissa : Mellissa from GA 16:31:01 From Tammi : Hello from Kings County California!! 16:31:03 From Megan Coleman : Hi I'm Megan from NH 16:31:03 From shake : shake from Mississippi 16:31:03 From Jennifer Jordebrek : Hello from Iowa everyone 16:31:03 From Meg Harrison : Meg from Clinton, TN 16:31:06 From Carmen Clark : Hello from Bozeman Montana 16:31:06 From Lisa Kropp : hello from Lindenhurst, NY! 16:31:07 From Milagros-Evelyn Meador Library : Milagros Tanega, Seabrook, Texas 16:31:08 From kchung@danburylibrary.org : Katharine from Danbury, CT 16:31:08 From Alex Osterhoudt : Alex from NH 16:31:09 From Felene Cayetano : Hi Felene from Belmopan, Belize 16:31:10 From Jen Ripka : Hello from Naperville, IL 16:31:11 From Molly Pearlman : Hi! I’m Molly from Los Angeles 16:31:11 From lynnjobe : Lynn from Calgary, Alberta 16:31:12 From Monica : Hello from Kelowna, BC, Canada 16:31:12 From Santana Harmon : Hello from Alabama! 16:31:13 From Michelle Sharp : Michelle from Indianapolis, IN! 16:31:13 From Staff : Hello from Los Angeles 16:31:14 From Sheri Watkins : Greetings from San Antonio Texas SAPL and NEISD partnership library 16:31:14 From Cheryl Space @PCL : hello from Providence, RI! 16:31:16 From Breanna Hawkins : Hello! I’m Bre from Rio Rancho, NM 16:31:16 From Jenna Pontious (She/Hers/Her) : riverside California, US 16:31:17 From Mallory : Hello from Florida 16:31:17 From Amy White : Buckingham Public Library Branch Manager - Farmville, VA 16:31:18 From Marcelina : hello from Sunnyside WA 16:31:18 From Molly Lank-Jones : Ann Larson from Hayward WI 16:31:18 From Kimberly L. - SFPL : Kimberly from San Francisco 16:31:19 From Jeanne Causey : Hi from Virginia Beach, VA 16:31:20 From Angel : Angel from the Commerce GA Public Library 16:31:28 From Heather Smith : Hello! Heather from New Holland, PA 16:31:41 From Debbie Bush : Hello from Comsewogue Public Library in Port Jefferson Station, NY 16:31:46 From Derek : Hi from Boise, Idaho 16:31:56 From Magaly Coronado : Hi, this is Magaly (muh-gah-lee) from Indianapolis PL! 16:31:57 From ashourbenjamin : Ashour Benjamin form San Jose Public Library, CA 16:32:01 From Paul (Coos Bay Library) : Hey from Coos Bay, OR! 16:32:01 From Tara Thompson : Tara - British Columbia, Canada 16:32:26 From Chris M : Chris from Kingsport TN 16:32:48 From Claire Ratcliffe Adams : Claire from the Space Science Institute in Boulder, CO 16:32:57 From Nancie Laing : Nancie Laing Chesapeake Public Library VA 16:33:58 From Angel : We've been doing our story times in outside in our Memorial Garden and will be doing our Book Club this Friday outside. 16:34:43 From Amy White : can you share your slides after? or post them for us? 16:34:51 From Paul (Coos Bay Library) : We had a Hula Hoop Storytime at local park that patrons really enjoyed! 16:35:05 From Maureen Boland : https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/sidewalk-obstacle-course.html 16:35:25 From Traci Lesneski : https://letsmovelibraries.org/ 16:38:09 From gladys : Like Scarecrow idea 16:38:15 From Amy White : tips for bad weather or coldness starting to set in? 16:38:16 From Michelle Sharp : who did the scarecrow festival? 16:38:43 From Michelle Sharp : Thanks! 16:38:45 From Laura McLean : Our library partners with the local botanic gardens and we do a scarecrow for the festival and then also a storywalk. 16:40:47 From Paul (Coos Bay Library) : Think us rural libraries can find some hay! 16:40:57 From kchung@danburylibrary.org : We are looking for winter ideas to get us through Covid winter/spring 16:41:04 From Amy White : we have already had take and make bags fly down the road 16:41:10 From Laura McLean : @Paul-Coos Bay is SOOO gorgeous! :) 16:41:32 From Paul (Coos Bay Library) : Yes, beautiful area! 16:42:12 From kchung@danburylibrary.org : We are in the northeast - wish we were in a warmer climate lol 16:42:44 From Stephanie Molnar : ^^yeah it's almost impossible to do anything outside nowadays 16:42:52 From kchung@danburylibrary.org : oh that’s really cool 16:43:04 From kchung@danburylibrary.org : snowman building contest? 16:43:12 From Noah Lenstra : https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/StoryWalk-through-downtown.html 16:44:08 From Mary : I love the idea of loaning sleds! 16:45:12 From Paul (Coos Bay Library) : A local clinic here has been doing Parking Lot BIngo. 16:46:13 From Gwen Gatto, Belmont Hills Library : yes, take-home bags are a big hit; this past weekend we had a drive-through author meet & greet - very popular 16:46:23 From Elizabeth Bittner : We use bingo sheets for our teens and they always include a few outdoor activities. They can earn volunteer hours since some squares are things like trash pick up or helping the community in some safe socially distanced way. 16:46:34 From Jen Ripka : How does Parking Lot Bingo work? 16:47:21 From Paul (Coos Bay Library) : Everyone does it from cars. Announcers have microphones, walk around to cars. 16:47:27 From Paula Joseph-Johnson : One of our most recent and BIG successes are movie binge bangs. 4-5 movies by genre in a small bag. Customers get a bag of microwave popcorn and candy when they check out! 16:47:44 From Jen Ripka : Got it. Thanks! Sounds like fun! 16:48:31 From lynnjobe : Do any of your libraries partner with running groups or other sport groups to get kids active using the library as an accessible hub? 16:49:51 From Rhonda Butler : Wonderful ideas. 16:50:12 From Meg Harrison : These are great! 16:51:36 From Susan : Wonderful ideas, our library is just beginning to create outdoor spaces around our building. Thanks! 16:51:49 From Amy White : any tips for farm communities can create walks? 16:51:51 From Maureen Boland : https://letsmovelibraries.org/ 16:52:22 From Peggy Johansen : Is the One Step at a Time program through WebJunction? 16:52:47 From Laura McLean : How do you get around staff/admin that says we can't do outside events during COVID because then every group will want to do something and we can't control everything? 16:53:04 From Noah Lenstra : RITLibraries.org 16:53:09 From Laura McLean : We can't do outdoor storytimes or events for this reason because then the independent book club will want to use the library lawn, etc. 16:53:24 From Kay Wolverton Ito : Do you have resources/recommendations for how to work with city/county bureaucracies to get approval/buy-in for using/changing outdoor spaces? 16:54:17 From lynnjobe : Policy - require groups to seek permission. More people at the library is a good thing isn’t it? 16:54:44 From Laura McLean : @lynn-We're on limited capacity right now. 16:55:27 From Michelle Sharp : Any liability concerns for potential injuries while walking, running, biking on the library's end of things? 16:55:37 From Laura McLean : Thanks Noah, for all of these great ideas! If not now, hope to try some of these after COVID is behind us. 16:55:58 From Laura McLean : Sadly, I have to leave...library duties, call. 16:56:11 From Rhonda Butler : Great programming ideas! 16:56:13 From Lynn Cesiro : can u post link for the slide you showed with 16:56:22 From Lynn Cesiro : th girl blowing bubble 16:56:34 From Michelle Sharp : awesome 16:56:50 From Mary Sengati-Zimba : Great ideas, worth giving a try to a few. 16:57:31 From Noah Lenstra : https://www.findingnature.org/post/how-public-libraries-are-helping-us-find-nature-during-the-crisis 16:57:56 From Lynn Cesiro to Noah Lenstra (Privately) : thanks 16:58:03 From Noah Lenstra : https://www.curiouscitydpw.com/storywalk/ 16:58:06 From Mary : Thanks. This was great. 16:58:18 From Anita Baumann (she/her/hers) : @KayWolverton - ask to be put on the agenda of the next Town/Village Board meeting which should be open to the public - probably will be virtual so you don't have to actually face everyone in a room by yourself ;-) If your director will attend, that's a great show of support from your library for whatever initiative you wan to propose 16:58:30 From Kelley Riha : Yes, thank you for the info! 16:58:36 From Noah Lenstra : lenstra@uncg.edu 16:58:38 From Andrea Yeager : so much information- THANK YOU!!! 16:58:39 From Kate McAlister : I worked as an environmental educator before starting my MLIS degree. Really inspiring to hear ideas for how to bridge those worlds! Thanks for this talk! 16:58:42 From David Brown to Noah Lenstra (Privately) : Thanks Noah. These were great links and resources. I appreciated all of this. 16:58:51 From Noah Lenstra : https://letsmovelibraries.org/ 16:59:08 From Jeanne Causey : thanks, very interesting! 16:59:12 From Susan : Thank you 16:59:14 From Magaly Coronado : This was great for getting to begin a brainstorm outdoor options for programming in our individual systems! 16:59:19 From Staff : Such an inspiring presentation. Thank you! 16:59:25 From Peggy Johansen : We did Zoom in on Nature programs over the summer, combining outdoor activities at home with Zoom meetings. 16:59:30 From Molly Lank-Jones : Thanks! 16:59:31 From Breanna Hawkins : Incredible presentation with awesome ideas! Thanks so much! 16:59:39 From Peggy Johansen : Thank you 16:59:39 From Library Director : Thank you! So many great ideas! 16:59:39 From Danielle Henson : Thank you for another inspiring program, Noah. Stay safe! 16:59:56 From Dena Simpson : Thank you! Great presentation. 16:59:59 From lynnjobe : Thanks Noah. Great to get such a broad overview on the topic. 17:00:00 From hbookout : So many awesome ideas, I love all of the input you shared, thankyou! 17:00:02 From Traci Lesneski : Thank you, Noah! 17:00:04 From Michelle Sharp : Thank you! 17:00:11 From Meg Harrison : Thank you so much! 17:00:14 From ashourbenjamin : Thank you 17:00:17 From Peggy Johansen : Fantastic ideas! 17:00:43 From Laura Montagna : I loved the ideas, thank you! 17:00:45 From Kay Wolverton Ito : Thanks very much!! 17:00:50 From Molly Pearlman : Thank you! 17:00:56 From Leslie Alter-Hage : Great ideas, thank you! 17:01:07 From Rose Unpingco : thank you, can't wait to start on it. 17:01:08 From glaing : Thank you. Great ideas! 17:01:20 From Melanie Hughes : Thanks! Amazing ideas. So inspiring!