Who We Are & What We Do
| Julia Berg: POPS Manager |
Katherine Chiriboga, Programs & Partnerships Librarian Flyer Support & Review / Statistics Co-Lead / Volunteer Coordinator, Teens / Youth Services Calendar / Youth Services Liaison |
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Jennifer Odlum, Programs & Partnerships Librarian Adult Services Liaison / LibGuide (Backup) / Book Club Coordinator / The Truck, Co-Lead / Garden Liaison / Program Committee Chair / Statistics Co-Lead / Volunteer Coordinator, Adults / Winter Reading, Lead / Green Team Co-Lead |
Brittany Veland, Programs & Partnerships Librarian Arlington Reads / LibGuide Lead / Summer & Winter Reading App / Summer Reading, Co-Lead / Green Team Co-Lead |
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Victoria Dale, Adult Outreach Librarian The Truck, Co-Lead |
Emilie Krut, Youth Outreach Librarian |
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Emma Pruss, The Shop Manager |
Ruth Compton, The Shop Library Associate |
| David Ross, The Shop Library Associate |
Event Support, Expectations and Presenter Contacts
POPS SignUp Genius: If you'd like to help POPS with one of their programs or outreach events, please check the SignUp Genius! We are always updating the link with our current opportunities.
Programming Expectations Sign Up: Programming Expectations are listed by topic under the Programming Priorities Section. Use this quick-find link to the spreadsheet.
Program Presenter Contact List: Use this spreadsheet to add a contact or to contact a presenter your colleagues have worked with.
Program Priorities 2023/2024
Library locations should work to create displays, passive programs, and active programs that support/promote these themes and commemorative celebrations:
ARLINGTON READS 2025:
Share the love with this series of Romance authors!
- Thu., Feb. 13: Julia Quinn
- Thu., April 10: Curtis Sittenfeld
- Thu., Aug. 14: Casey McQuiston
- Thu., Nov. 6: David & Nicola Yoon
- Programming expectation: 1 adult and 1 YS program per location, January - June; 1 adult and 1 YS program per location, July - December
SEASON 1: January/February/March/April 2025
- Winter Reading (Jan 1 – Mar 1)
- Black History Month (February)
- Programming expectation: 4 adult and 4 YS programs system-wide
- Women’s History Month (March)
- Programming expectation: 4 adult and 4 YS programs system-wide
- National Poetry Month
- Programming expectation: 1 program for P&P
- Earth Month
- Programming expectation: 1 program for P&P
- National Library Week (Apr 7 - 13)
- Programming expectation: Keurig coffee/tea at all locations; consider a coffee & conversation program (leading up to Human Library)
SEASON 2: May/June/July/Aug 2025
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (May)
- Programming expectation: 4 adult and 4 YS programs system-wide
- Summer Reading: "Share the Love"
- Programming expectation: 1 All-ages Summer Reading Kick Off program during the weekend of June 7-8, 2025. This could be as little as an unstaffed information table. P&P will do a large scale program on June 1.
- Programming expectation: 1 AS program per month per location throughout the summer; for YS, P&P will schedule paid performers for elementary school-aged children and a week of preschool programs; additional special programs to support the SRP theme are welcome.
- Pride Month (June)
- Programming expectation: 4 adult and 4 YS programs system-wide
- Juneteenth (Jun 19)
- Programming expectation: 1 adult and 1 YS programs system-wide
SEASON 3: September/October/November/December 2024
- National Library Card Signup Month (September)
- Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 - Oct 15)
- Programming expectation: 1 adult / 1 YS program per location
- American Archives Month (Oct)
- Programming expectation: 1 program for Center for Local History
- Banned Books Week (Sept 22-28)
- Programming expectation: 2 adult and 2 YS programs system-wide
- National Coming Out Day (Oct 11)
- Programming expectation: 1 adult system-wide
- Halloween
- Programming expectation: 3 adult and 8 YS programs system-wide
- Native American Heritage Month (Nov)
- Programming expectation: 3 adult and 4 YS programs system-wide
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING PRIORITIES:
- Connecting with Arlington County’s vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations
- Addressing needs of Older Adults (55+)
- Social wellness and anti-loneliness
- Teens