SCOTCH PLAINS PUBLIC LIBRARY

FANWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY

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 Libraries and Autism: We're Connected. Shoot Day - March 6, 2008

 

The "Libraries and Autism: We're Connected." website is now online!

Check  www.thejointlibrary.org/autism  for all the project details

and downloadable materials and resources.

 

Project Central

Contract Library: Scotch Plains Public Library, Scotch Plains, NJ           Contract Person: Meg Kolaya, Public Library Director                                     email: MKolaya@ScotLib.org, Phone: 908-322-5007               Collaborating Partners: Fanwood Memorial Library; Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District Media Specialists; COSAC NJ; Children's Specialized Hospital Library, Mountainside, NJ; Community Partnership for People with Autism.               Project Focus: This project willl result in a staff training video to raise awareness of issues related to the autism community and improve customer service interactions for library staff.  The video is being produced by a professional film maker and copies will be distributed to every Infolink library and to all NJ Legislators. In addition, a web site will be created to share the video, graphics and additional autism resources with a wider audience. A workshop for the combined staff of the Scotch Plains Public Library, the Fanwood Memorial Library and the media specialists from the local school district will be held to provide more in-depth training.

 

 

Project Schedule

ACTIVITIES Item Who Status  Shoot interviews and rough footage of patrons with autism - 3/6/08      Complete  Edit footage and video production - 3/08     Complete  Add voiceovers - 4/08      Complete  Graphics production for DVD package - 4/08      Complete  Joint Staff Training Workshop at SPPL - 4/23/08      Complete Website Development and launch     Complete Reproduced 2500 DVDs     Complete Printed 2000 Decals     Complete Distributed DVDs to Infolink membership, NJ State Library & other NJ public libraries     Complete Collected response data from Survey Monkey and website and emails and workshop     Complete Submit final report to Infolink     Complete Participated in Press Conference and Infolink Spring Membership meeting for advocacy     Complete Continue to respond to inquires for decals and information     Ongoing

 

 

Contact List

Name Email Address Phone Number Comments  Meg Kolaya  mkolaya@scotlib.org 908-322-5007 X202 Project Manager  Dan Weiss  dweiss@fanwoodlibrary.org 908-322-6400 Project Manager  Adrienne Robertiello  adriennepia@verizon.net      Jill Harris  jharris@childrens-specialized.org      Linda Meyer  linda.meyer@njcosac.org      Tom Beese  tbeese@spfk12.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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