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.

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 athletesWith 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

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.