Right now, many libraries are offering virtual storytime through a number of different platforms, Facebook, Zoom, library’s website, etc. Maybe your library is thinking of starting this type of programming for your patrons and don’t know where to begin. Here’s some resources to help you get started!
- Virtual Storytime and Circle Time: 15 Tips to Make a Dynamic Video
- Online Story Time & Coronavirus: It’s Fair Use, Folks
- COVID-18, Copyright, & Library Superpowers (Part I)
- Tackling Copyright Concerns When Taking Storytime Online
- Programming in a Pandemic: Libraries Respond
- Virtual Storytime for Beginners
If you decide you don’t want to be the one in front of the camera, or don’t have the technology, there are a lot of places that have done so and you can share those!
New Mexico libraries with Facebook storytime:
- Santa Fe Public Library
- Thomas Branigan Memorial Library
- Carlsbad Public Library
- Lovington Public Library
- Rio Rancho Public Libraries
- New Mexico State Library Rural Bookmobile Northeast
Nationwide read aloud initiatives:
- A List of Authors Doing Virtual Storytime or Art Lessons
- Dolly Parton
- New Orleans Public Library
- Storyline Online