Training and Library Consulting
Publications

Fiore's Summer Library Reading Program Handbook Fiore's Summer Library Reading Program Handbook 1-55570-513-8. Neal-Schuman, 2005. 8½ x 11. 275 pp.

The long-awaited new guide to summer library reading programs for children, teens, and families is here. Carole Fiore has created an expansive and up-to-date handbook for summer library reading programs. You will learn how to set goals and objectives; establish themes and schedules; coordinate statewide and regional efforts; market and promote events; and evaluate program success. Up-to-date coverage addresses the No Child Left Behind Act, developmental assets, utilizing the Web, copyright concerns, bilingual programming, online activities, outcome-based evaluation, and more. This volume provides an A-Z annotated list of thematic programming ideas and a special section with twenty-five exemplary programs and numerous best practices from libraries across the country. Special sections serve as a guide to themes and member libraries of statewide and regional cooperative summer programs. Filled with forms, checklists, and sample policies, this is a valuable and comprehensive tool - essential for anyone planning summer library reading programs.

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Other Publications

  • The Dominican Study: Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close The Reading Gap. With Susan Roman and Deborah T. Carran. Dominican University, 2010. Full Report: http://www.dom.edu/academics/gslis/downloads/DOM_IMLS_book_2010_FINAL_web.pdf. Executive summary: http://www.dom.edu/academics/gslis/downloads/DOM_IMLS_research_in_brief_FINALweb.pdf
  • "Do Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close the Achievement Gap? The Dominican Study. With Susan Roman. Children and Libraries. Winter 2010, Volume 8, Number 3.
  • "Proof Positive," with Susan Roman. School Library Journal. November 2010.
  • "A Place Where the Wind Is Not Howling," Perspectives, Children's Book Council, 2004
  • "Born to Read: Florida Style," Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Winter 2002.
  • "Entice Readers to Poetry," CBC Features. Spring 1999.
  • Born to Read - Florida Style. (Video - Executive Producer) Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, 1999.
  • Running Summer Library Reading Programs: A How-to-do-it Manual. Neal-Schuman, 1998.
  • "The Numbers Games: How to Fatten Your Budget by Using Statistics," School Library Journal, March 1998.
  • "A Sesquicentennial Celebration: In Search of the American Picture Book in England," Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Summer 1997.
  • Programming for Young Children: Birth through Age Five. With assistance from Sue McCleaf Nespeca. ALSC Program Support Publication. American Library Association, 1996.
    • "Life on the Caldecott Committee," Wilson Library Bulletin, December 1993.
    • This article was reprinted in The Newbery and Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books, 1995 Edition. American Library Association, 1995.
  • Programming for Introducing Adults to Children's Literature. ALSC Program Support Publication. American Library Association, 1994.