Library Tours in conjunction with Minnesota History Days
Students from Horizon Middle School in Moorhead and Hawley Public Schools were given a tour of the Moorhead Library and a session on using the Web catalog and online subscription resources.
Event Dates and Locations:
01/28/2010, 02/09/2010, 02/11/2010 – Moorhead Library
Partner Organization(s): Hawley Public Schools, Horizon Middle School (Moorhead Public Schools), and MN Historical Society
Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program: The MN Historical Society set up the program around the state. Hawley Public Schools and Horizon Middle School were the schools that participated at the Moorhead Library.
177 total students attended the activity.
130 students from Horizon Middle School attended on January 28th,
22 students from Hawley Public Schools attended on February 9th and
25 students from Hawley Public Schools attended on February 11th.
Approximately half of the Moorhead students were not registered barrowers of LARL, which means 65 students were signed up for cards and were introduced to the library’s services and resources. The Hawley students were familiar with LARL because of visiting the Hawley Library in the past. However, many of the students were shocked by how many materials were housed in the Moorhead Library, and the students were surprised to hear that they could order materials from Moorhead and pick them up in Hawley.
Moorhead Library staff were able to assist many of the Moorhead Students with finding resources for their projects. Many of the Moorhead students were surprised by the amount of popular materials, such as DVDs, graphic novels, and Y Fiction available. Most of the Hawley students were adding the final details to their projects and were not looking for additional resources for their projects. However, many of the Hawley students were shocked by how many materials were housed in the Moorhead Library, and the students were surprised to hear they could order materials from Moorhead and pick them up in Hawley. The Hawley students seemed very excited to visit a “big library”. They were very interested in locating popular materials.