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Librarian’s Making a Difference: Reaching Out. Community outreach refers to bringing library services to underserved groups, non-users, and people with special needs in the community in untraditional settings outside the library . .
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Librarian’s Making a Difference: Reaching Out
Community outreach refers to bringing library services to underserved groups, non-users, and people with special needs in the community in untraditional settings outside the library .
Shhh!!!!! Is this the image your portray to your community? Image of a little girl standing in a quiet zone shhhing people.
People reading. Image of a customer reading.
Public libraries are not just for reading anymore. Image of library on books.
Invite your customers to your library and tell them about the different programs. Image different programs at the library.
Spread the word throughout the community. Image of a people spreading information
It’s time to outreach into the community. Image of librarian flying and a sign that reads, “Community just ahead.”
Quotes by ALA and Library Bill of Rights about Outreach in public libraries.
Take your library on the road. Image of a bookmobile going into the community.
Definition of outreach: • Serving underserved Images of hands reaching out.
Definition of outreach: • Non-user Images of flying books with non-library users.
Definition of outreach: • And special needs of the community Images of hands reaching up.
Outreach with open and welcoming hands. Images of open hands.
Examples of faces of the community. Image of multicultural people representing the community.
Identify your target groups. Images of schools, day cares, churches, YMCA’s.
Outreach in community creates strengths and unity. Images symbolizing strength.
Effects of outreach: Images with engage, empower, enhance and enables; with library as the center. .
Programs and partnerships that resulted through community outreach: Array of pictures of partners and programs with library partners. .
When librarian’s outreach: Image with symbol of outreach.
Libraries becomes the pillar of the community: Image community sitting inside a library book.
Increases patrons who visit the public library: Image of a graph with increase of people.
Colleagues and library partners quotes: Quotes from colleagues and partners.
Resources to assist with developing a community outreach. Image of suggested books.