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Including 66 focused snapshots of outreach in action, this resource reflects the creative solutions of librarians searching for new and innovative ways to build programs that meet customer needs while expanding the library's scope into the community. This contributed volume includes
- A huge array of program options for partnering with other community groups
- Outreach in action through writing essays, poetry, and fiction
- Event planning for library anniversaries, book festivals, science projects, and student athletes
With a wide range of contributors, this book will give you a multifaceted approach for reaching out within your community.
Foreword by Kathy Barco
Preface
Part I A Sampler of Outreach Programs
1 Bake a Book and They Will Come by Iona R. Malanchuk
2 Establishing a Library Docent Program by Mary H. Nino
3 Friends in Need: Involving Friends of the Library in Community Outreach Programs by Vera Gubnitskaia
4 Lifesaving Library Outreach by Felicia A. Smith
5 Planning a Library Anniversary Celebration by Mary H. Nino
6 Reading Matters in Mentor: Library Services at the Pools and Beaches on Ohio's North Coast by Lynn Hawkins
7 Small Grants Can Have Big Rewards by Chelsea Dinsmore
8 Using a Digitization Project to Produce a Book for Community Outreach by John R. Burch Jr.
9 Using Pilot Projects for Outreach by Chelsea Dinsmore
Part II Senior Outreach in Practice
10 Beyond the Campus: Information Literacy Instruction for the Senior Community by Susan M. Frey
11 Memoir Writing for Older Adult Groups by Mark Donnelly
12 Outreach to the Senior Community: One Library's Activities by Bob Blanchard
13 Sí Se Puede! / Yes We Can! by Meryle Leonard
14 What Boomers Want: The Future of Outreach by Ellen Mehling
Part III Youth Outreach in Practice
15 Better Than One: Collaborative Outreach for Homeschooled Teens by Catherine Fraser Riehle
16 Children's Initiative: Establishing a Successful Partnership with a Local Public School System by Vera Gubnitskaia
17 Hundreds of High School Students Study at the Library by Tiffany Auxier
18 Reaching Out to Create Outreach Programs among Teen Library Patrons by Maryann Mori
19 Reaching Out to Student Athletes, Two Students at a Time by Maureen Brunsdale
20 Teen Theater at the Public Library by Licia Slimon
21 Teens Will Respond by Maryann Mori
22 Upward Bound Outreach to Talented High School Students by Jamie Seeholzer
Part IV Correctional Facility Outreach
23 Freedom Readers in a Juvenile Correctional Facility by Felicia A. Smith
24 Has Your Public Librarian Been to Prison? Participation in Summer Reading Games by Glennor Shirley
25 Has Your Public Librarian Been to Prison? Participation in Shared Grant Projects by Glennor Shirley
Part V Special Collections
26 Breathing Life into the Circus Collection by Maureen Brunsdale
27 Bringing History to the People's Fingertips: University of Florida Digital Collections and Historical Florida Newspapers by Melissa Shoop
28 They Didn't Teach Me This in Library School: Managing a Library Art Gallery by Karen Brodsky
Part VI Using Local Media to Reach Out to the Community
29 Lights, Camera, Libraries by Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
30 Partnering with a Local Newspaper to Digitize Historical Photographs by John R. Burch Jr.
Part VII Success with Book Festivals
31 Michigan Reads! Statewide Outreach Project by Christine K. Heron
32 Books That Shape Our Lives: A Community of Readers by Jan Siebold
33 Collaboration Creates a Successful Regional Low-Vision Fair by Bob Blanchard
34 One Community, One Story by Florence M. Turcotte
35 SOKY Book Fest by Uma Doraiswamy
36 University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries and the Common Reading Program by Melissa Shoop
Part VIII Classroom Outreach
37 Academic Connections: A College Librarian Reaches Out to a Middle School by Margaret Keys
38 Integrating Manuscripts into the Michigan Curriculum through Archival Outreach by Marian Matyn
39 Public-School Teacher Workshops Conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Mervyn H. Sterne Library by Delores Carlito
40 Secondary Classroom Instruction in Birmingham by Delores Carlito
41 Teaching American History: Archivists Partnering with Public Schools by Sharon Carlson
42 A Different Kind of Science Project: A Partnership between a Community College Library and a High School Media Center by Nancy Kalikow Maxwell
Part IX Diversity Outreach
43 Día de los Niños / Día de los Libros by Meryle Leonard
44 Documenting the Experiences of African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans: Archivists Partnering with Oral Historians by Sharon Carlson
45 Ethiopia Reads by Loriene Roy
46 Homework Club for English Language Learners by Licia Slimon
47 If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything: A National Reading Club for Native Children by Loriene Roy
48 Laptop Literacy: Language and Computer Literacy Services to Refugees in Burlington, Vermont by Barbara A. Shatara
49 The Long Journey to Vermont: Immigration, Cultural Identity, and Book Discussions That Build Community by Barbara A. Shatara
50 Outreach to the Russian-Speaking Community in the Arapahoe Library District by Katya B. Dunatov
51 Outreach to Newly Enrolled African American College Students by Jamie Seeholzer
52 Serving Multicultural Patrons at the Arapahoe Library District by Katya B. Dunatov
Part X Community Group Collaboration and Outreach
53 Community Groups Join Forces for Family Fun by Tiffany Auxier
54 Connecting with the Community: Partnering to Deliver a Storytime Outreach by Margaret Keys
55 Creative Partnerships with Local Organizations by Ellen Mehling
56 Dinner with the Presidents: Teaming Up with the Yours Truly Restaurant Chain by Lynn Hawkins
57 Faraway Places by Uma Doraiswamy
58 Fostering Community Engagement through a Town and Gown Lecture Series by Susan M. Frey
59 A Friend in Need: Partnering with an Employment Center by Elaine Williams
60 Guest Reader Storytime: Fenton Area Outreach Project by Christine K. Heron
61 Local Artists-in-Residence at Your School Library by Jan Siebold
62 Partnering for Lifelong Learning: A Unique Collaboration by Catherine Fraser Riehle
63 Partnering for Dollars: Using Grant Opportunities to Build Community and Provide Programming by Karen Brodsky
64 Partnering with a Local Park or Historical Agency by Florence M. Turcotte
65 Partnering with Your Local Historical Society by Elaine Williams
66 A University Library Reaches Out to an Entire Community by Iona R. Malanchuk
Afterword by Edith Campbell
List of Contributors
Index
"Success always requires resources, dedication, and much planning, but even the smallest library with a handful of staff could benefit from this book. Wherever there is a need to increase awareness of library services in the community or reach out to groups that are underutilizing your library, this handbook can be useful."
--Library Journal (starred review)
"Should be at the hand of every concerned librarian."
--The Midwest Book Review
"The book makes a strong case for the benefits of collaboration, backed up by specific projects and quantifiable results ... For libraries contemplating new roles in their communities, this will serve as a useful brainstorming tool."
--VOYA
"Perhaps most helpful is the candidness with which article authors share their approaches. Many provide some kind of 'outline' describing the steps for implementing the outreach program along with specific details about the content of the program. The contributing authors are also refreshingly honest in describing what did not work and they offer hard-earned advice for how to avoid mistakes they made. As a whole, the book convincingly illustrates the vital and vibrant role libraries can and do play in connecting and bringing together their communities in beneficial and life-affirming ways."
--Public Libraries
"Contributors range from academic librarians to public librarians and school librarians, bringing a wealth of skills and experience to this book ... The book hits home the fact that, despite the wonderful ideas we might have for events, programmes, the library exists to serve the community; and as the community transforms due to changes in immigration policies, increases in house prices, job availability and an aging population, the library services must change to match the needs of the community."
--Australian Library Journal
"The value of this book is the inclusion of all types of libraries so that readers will not be constrained by the type of library or audience and may design their own outreach programs using these templates for any library. It behooves libraries of all types to market their services, and library outreach is an excellent way to meet that objective. This book provides examples of outreach programs that any library can adapt to its own needs. It is a good addition to every library's professional bookshelf."
--Public Services Quarterly