WPL @ HCC & CFPL @ UNI: Partnering to Advocate for Lifelong Reading

1. WPL @ HCC & CFPL @ UNI: Partnering to Advocate for Lifelong Reading • Jan Dellinger, Director, Hawkeye Community College Library • Sheryl Groskurth, Director, Waterloo Public & Cedar Falls Public Library • Linda McLaury, Access Services Coordinator, University of Northern Iowa Library

2. Research Reports

3. Americans Are Reading Less *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

4. Americans Are Reading Less Well *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

5. Americans Are Reading Less Well *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

6. Leisure Reading *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

7. Leisure Reading *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

8. Leisure Reading *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

9. Reading for Pleasure Correlates Strongly with Academic Achievement *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

10. Reading for Pleasure Correlates Strongly with Academic Achievement *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

11. Reading for Pleasure Correlates Strongly with Enrichment of Cultural and Civic Life *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

12. Reading for Pleasure Correlates Strongly with Enrichment of Cultural and Civic Life *National Endowment for the Arts. “To Read or Not To Read”

13. Purposes • For Hawkeye • Anecdotal Evidence • For UNI • Results from LibQual Survey • Results from Student Input on the Future of the Library • Public Libraries • Outreach

14. Inspiration • Thornton, G.A. & Carroll, H (2006). The Race for Readers. American Libraries, 37 #9, 24-26.

15. Project Implementation • Formal Agreements • Where did this stuff come from? • Budget • Collection Development • Training • Delivery of Materials • Roadblocks

16. Things to Consider • Shared System (?) • Processing of Materials (Cataloging, Labels, Security) • Size of Collection • Weeding • Library Cards • Fines • Staff Training • Technical Elements

17. Technical Elements • Public Login for Academics • Scoping of Bib Records • Creating Patron Records • New Location Code • New Loan Rules (?) • Notice Text (?) • Holdable?/Pickup Location

18. Marketing • Grand Openings • Signage • Media- Press Releases, Insider Column, Newsletter, Website, Bookmarks • Staff E-newsletter- Blogs- Web page header, Tours, City Newsletter • Dual Listings in Catalog

19. Dual Listings

20. WPL @ HCC

21. WPL @ HCC

22. CFPL @ UNI

23. Preliminary Assessment • Circ Stats/ Internal Use • User Satisfaction Survey • Public Libraries Visited • Leisure Reading Frequency • Sources For Leisure Reading • Suggestions for Improvement

24. Look to the Future • Expansion- Formats • Promote Public Library Events at Satellite Collection • Hopes

25. Cedar Valley Library Consortia • CVLC Catalog http://unistar.uni.edu/ • Waterloo Public Library http://www.waterloopubliclibrary.org/ • Cedar Falls Public Library http://www.cedarfallspubliclibrary.org/ • Hawkeye Community College Library http://www.hawkeye.cc.ia.us/library/index.aspx • University of Northern Iowa Rod Library http://www.library.uni.edu/

26. Resources Reading at Risk http://www.nea.gov/pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf To Read or Not To Read http://www.nea.gov/research/ToRead.pdf Thornton, G.A. & Carroll, H (2006). The Race for Readers. American Libraries, 37, 24-26. Elliott, Julie. Academic Libraries and Extracurricular Reading Promotion. Reference & User Services Quarterly 46, 34-43.

27. Questions? E- Mail Addresses: sheryl.groskurth@gmail.com jdellinger@hawkeyecollege.edu linda.mclaury@uni.edu

28. Evaluations!!