Book description
Including 66 focused snapshots of outreach in action, this resource
reflects the creative solutions of librarians searching for new and
innovative ways to build programs that meet customer needs while
expanding the library's scope into the community. This contributed
volume includes A huge array of program options for partnering with
other community groups Outreach in action through writing essays,
poetry, and fiction Event planning for library anniversaries, book
festivals, science projects, and student athletes With a wide range of
contributors, this book will give you a multifaceted approach for
reaching out within your community. "The book makes a strong case
for the benefits of collaboration, backed up by specific projects and
quantifiable results ... For libraries contemplating new roles in their
communities, this will serve as a useful brainstorming tool."
Carol Smallwood received her MLS from Western Michigan University and
her MA in history from Eastern Michigan University. She is the author or
editor of numerous books for Scarecrow, McFarland, Libraries Unlimited,
Pudding House Publications, Peter Lang, and others. Some other credits
include The Writer's Chronicle, Journal of Formal Poetry, Detroit News,
Instructor, English Journal, and Michigan Feminist Studies. Her novel,
Lily's Odyssey, appeared in 2010; she coedited the anthology
Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages (2009), and she has a
short story in Best New Writing 2010. A 2009 National Federation of
State Poetry Societies Award Winner and a finalist for the 2009 Eric
Hoffer Award for prose, she has experience in school, public, and
special libraries and has served as a library consultant. Smallwood
appears in Contemporary Authors, Who's Who in America, and is a member
of the American Library Association.
