Rural Outreach
Many of the resources available in this summary and in the key resources below have come out of the Rural Library Sustainability Project and Project Continuum. Explore and contribute to the growing community of practice for rural libraries. Consider this your "sandbox" for playing with Outreach and please, add your own toys!
Resources for Exploring Outreach
- Outreach Brainstorm: Ideas about partnerships, programming, events, and marketing from your rural colleagues.
- Outreach and Populations Served: Includes resources for outreach to children, teens, older adults, Spanish speakers, and more!
- Marketing: Tips for outreach campaigns from across the WebJunction Community.
- Needs and Assets Assessment Resources: Effectively plan your outreach efforts beginning with community assessment.
- Management for Outreach: Specific to Spanish speakers but applicable to all types of outreach.
Action Planning for Outreach
- Action Planning Worksheet: From the Rural Library Sustainability Project Workshops.
- Outreach Action Plan Template
- Tools for Planning Webinar and Quick Links: Archive of rural webinar focused on action planning methods.
Online Learning for Outreach
- Tools for Outreach: Archive of a rural webinar focused on Spanish Language Outreach methods and how they can be applied to serving all in your community.
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Naturita Community Library Program Resources
Program flyers used by Naturita Community Library, Library Journal's 2011 Best Small Library of the Year, to plan, facilitate and promote events hosted by their library. |
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Adult Reading Incentive Program on a Shoestring Budget
This is a guide to help plan and implement a reading incentive program for adults. |
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Websites and Internet Resources on Rural Outreach
A list of external links |
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Jana Ponce Presentation Audio File @ ALA Rural Forum 2007
The audio file of the keynote presentation by Jana Ponce of the Parker (AZ) Public Library: "Community Involvement & Rural Libraries...How Do We Make It Happen?" Discover Parker's 5 "C"s (Community, Concept, Color, Collection, Connectivity) and hear about the Key Concepts Jana lives by. A PPT of her presentation is also available for download. |
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Bringing People Together at the Library
Here you will find a link to the archived October 2007 Rural In Focus webinar and the list of associated Quick Links exploring the library as a social gathering place. |
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