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Language
English
Description
Set in a small town in Mississippi, The Cherry Cola Book Club is the touching and sometimes hilarious story of a young, upbeat librarian who has been given an ultimatum to increase the library's circulation dramatically -- or risk having to close its doors. Maura doesn't just start a book club, she gets involved in unique and unexpected ways with her library patrons. She entertains and advises them, she has potluck dinners, and life in the town begins...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"As librarian at the Washington County Free Library in Maryland, Mary Lemist Titcomb was concerned that the library was not reaching all the people it could. She was determined that everyone should have access to the library--not just adults and those who lived in town. Realizing its limitations and inability to reach the county's 25,000 rural residents, including farmers and their families, Titcomb set about to change the library system forever with...
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The outreach methods detailed by the authors of this book range from simple actions to detailed processes. Each of the 26 chapters provides helpful information for both those new to library outreach and those with years of experience"--
Author
Publisher
ALA editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Traditional summer reading programs need to be reimagined. Working groups of librarians, in partnership with the California Library Association and the California State Library, have done just that, creating and implementing outcomes-and outreach-based summer reading programs that speak directly to diverse and changing communities"--
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Is your library so engaged in keeping current with technology that it has overlooked bringing the arts into the community? Collaboration with community arts organizations can be a key factor in the success of cultural programming in libraries. Learn about noteworthy and successful programs serving diverse communities and populations, to get ideas for your own environment.
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The library is the great equalizer. Today, for access to information, for informed and engaged citizenship, technology must be part of the mix. Are you getting to the people who don't walk in your doors? It's time to take technology on the road. This design-thinking guide will develop staff's creative problem-solving skills. You will learn to design and prototype ideas safely, quickly, and with confidence"--
Publisher
American Library Association
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
The many assumptions about current library outreach services-that they're off-site, depend on special funding, and are administered by specific staff-no longer reflect the realities of providing equitable library services to the audiences who most need them. Providing equity of access is the business of every department in the library. Growing from the leadership initiative of 2003-4 ALA President Carla Hayden, this multifaceted guide answers both...
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