Minnesota History Days Tour 2011
Horizon Middle School in Moorhead and Hawley students were given a tour of the Moorhead Library and a session on using the Web catalog and online subscription resources.
• Event Dates, Locations and Attendance at each individual event:
01/28/2011 - Horizon Middle School at the Moorhead Library - 130
02/09/2011 - Hawley Public School at the Moorhead Library - 22
02/11/2011 - Hawley Public School at the Moorhead Library - 25
• Partner Organization(s):
Hawley Public Schools, Horizon Middle School, Moorhead Public Schools, and Minnesota Historical Society
• Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program:
Students from the Hawley Public Schools and Horizon Middle School in Moorhead attended the event at the Moorhead Library. This program was carried out statewide in cooperation with the Minnesota Historical Society.
177 students visited the Moorhead Library.
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.
*LARL participated in the MN History Days program, but no costs were incurred besides the staff costs of giving tours of the Moorhead Library.
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.Youth have the resources needed to work on MN History Day project. In addition, students are familiar with the resources and materials available in their local library.
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.