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Winter Speaker Series

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
Project of
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
February 2015
End Date
February 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Sibley
Sibley
Project Overview
We hosted a series of authors in the month of February. Every Tuesday we had a speaker come and talk on a topic or the book they had published. We started the series out with Wine Making & Tasting with Morgan Creek Winery. Georg Marti came and talked about wine making and their vineyard, and at the end we were able to try seven different wines from Morgan Creek Winery. Our 2nd speaker was Garrett Ebling the author of Collapsed: A Survivors Climb from the Wreckage of the I-35 Bridge. He talked about his experience and showed pieces of the bridge, afterwards he signed books for patrons. Our 3rd speaker was Eldrene Ebert (from Gaylord) who is a part of the Sibley County Historical Society. She spoke about the process the Society did with collecting data for the book, and putting it together for publishing. She showed the end result their book, Remembering Country Schools of Sibley County, Minnesota. Our final speaker was Henry Boucha the author of Henry Boucha, Ojibwa Native American Olympian. He talked about being a part of the NHL and being a part of the 1972 Olympic silver medal USA hockey team. He displayed many of his different jerseys and NHL and Olympic memorabilia. At the end he signed books and pictures for patrons. For Henry Boucha we expanded our advertising to communities close by that have hockey programs.
Project Details
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Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000
Other Funds Leveraged
$175
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

• 90% of the participants will have fun at the program
• 50% of the participants will learn something new
• 50% of the participants will want to learn more about the subject
• 70% of the participants will want to come to the library for more programs

Measurable Outcome(s)

All participates enjoyed the program they attended and were looking forward to the next one. I believe we surpassed the proposed measurable outcomes that we set forth. I have attached a summary of the surveys we did at each event. Below I have listed factors that I believe had a direct effect on the attendance o each program. We did have a couple of locals that chose Henry Boucha over the basketball playoffs.

Source of Additional Funds

Gaylord Library, -Eldrene Ebert
-Sibley County Historical Society
-Friends of the Library

Project Manager
First Name
Dayle
Last Name
Zelenka
Organization Name
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative
Street Address
1400 Madison Avenue, Suite 622
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56002-5488
Phone
507-625-6169
Email
dzelen@tds.lib.mn.us
Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota Department of Education

Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200
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