Minnesota Book Awards Author Tour & Book Club in a Bag

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,942

Project of

Southeastern Libraries Cooperating Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015

Fund Source

Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund

Recipient Type

Libraries

Status

Completed

Start Date

July 2014

End Date

June 2015

Activity Type

Education/Outreach/Engagement

Counties Affected

Dodge

Fillmore

Goodhue

Houston

Mower

Olmsted

Steele

Wabasha

Project Overview

SELCO coordinates with member libraries to bring Minnesota Book Award authors, past and present nominees & winners, into their local libraries. The authors hold a forum to talk to and with community members. SELCO also puts together book club kits of each year's winning books, which are available for check out to SELCO member libraries.

Project Details

734 participated

Project Details: 2015 Fiscal Year

Legal Citation / Subdivision

Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4

2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount

$6,942

Other Funds Leveraged

$3,754

Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

SELCO will offer a Minnesota Book Award author tour and Book Club in a Bag kits to help connect Minnesota readers and Minnesota authors, poets and illustrators. SELCO will increase output of Minnesota-based writing and increase exposure to Minnesota authors, encourage the reading of more literature written by Minnesota-based authors, and present the library as a cultural center of the community. Program attendees and book club kit users will be surveyed about future reading choices and future writing submissions to local/regional publications.

Measurable Outcome(s)

251 attendees filled out surveys
224 people reported they would likely attend more cultural events at the library
192 reported they would likely checkout more books by Minnesota authors
209 reported they are likely to checkout more books by the author whose presentation they attended

Source of Additional Funds

Stewartville Schools, Red Wing School District, Rochester Community and Technical College, Kasson Mantorville Schools, SELCO, Austin Public Library, Blooming Prairie Public Library, Cannon Falls Library, Grand Meadow Public Library, Harmony Public Library