Repost: May the Fourth Be With You
Whether you run a college, public, or school library, I feel pretty certain that your patrons would appreciate a Star Wars event, especially if you can snag Oscar Isaac for […]
Amelia Bloomer Project List: resources and ideas
March is Women’s History Month and while it will be a GRAND day when we no longer need special history months (or school bake sales or library book sales to […]
Bringing the past into the present: photo recreation
You’ve probably read an article about hilariously ambitious siblings recreating old family photos in the name of showing parental love. I recently saw a university library take hold of the […]
So long (and thanks for all the fish)
After five years of posting on all things outreach and librarian, we’ve decided to discontinue publishing regularly. Our jobs have changed over the years with us doing less outreach and […]
Call for YOUR insights
Our intrepid feature writer Anna Francesca Garcia is putting together a post on YOUR insights. What outreach ideas have gone over like librarians on the ALA exhibit floor? What have […]
Social Media is Outreach
If you don’t have Internet presence, it is sort of like you don’t exist. I know that if I go to an especially cool store or see an artist whose […]
Outreach to the incarcerated: practical considerations
I volunteer my library skills in a prison, but I was not interested in the prison program in library school. I admired, from afar, those who collected books for inmates […]
May Giveaway Continues: Doctor Who + Food
If you love cooking (or just the eating part) and Doctor Who, then have we got the giveaway for you! We’ve got THREE Doctor Who-themed recipe posters to give away […]
Outreach United
Joining together is necessary. Why? When I talked with Mary Olive Thompson, Kansas City Public Library’s Director of Library Outreach and Community Engagement, she told me that, when library systems […]
Lessons learned and resources shared: National Poetry Month
Special thanks to outreach coordinator Brittany Wilson of Chatham County Public Libraries in North Carolina for sharing her amazing resources. You’ll find a PDF at the end of this article with all […]
