Library outreach activities

With this post, the patience to cut hundreds of circles, and around $5, you and your community can create a beautiful piece of collaborative art. Supplies: Cardstock (white or a variety of colors – your choice) Markers, crayons, or chalk String Glue A sign (optional) Room set-up: Like Art Links or Squart, this is another activity that is ideal for outreach events or a simple table-top craft. If you want to make it a program, do all three activities in the same room! Program prep: Cut a lot…

Having trouble getting attendance for your tween programs? Try one of the ten passive program ideas I'm sharing today at The Library Adventure.

Class visits are an amazing opportunity for the library to set the tone for kids’ experience with us. I view my outreach trips as an extremely valuable chance to give high energy interactive …

The most successful displays I've done at my library have been passive readers advisory. For the last five years or so, I’ve done a monthly display of minature books based on the top YA titles checked out in my library system, with the top 10 books getting four readalikes. The Tiny Library is a collection of tiny books based on our most popular titles. Each tiny book contains reading suggestions based on our readalike list. There is a QR code that leads to a Google Form where teens can…

Read your height to engage your students in conversations about books! Challenge your students to read their height, too!

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DIY passive program/library display I made for the children's department at Irmo Branch Library. Make your own pipe cleaner crown for Halloween. The kids are loving it! And some adults too :)

For Teen Read Week, I’m doing a Take It and Make It Edible Book Craft. Teens will sign out a kit (pictured to the left) that contains everything they need to make edible books at home. This…

Libraries can be some of the most visually stunning meccas of architecture, but even if you aren't fortunate enough to live near one of the most beautiful libraries in the world - your local libraries can still contain some pretty creative designs. The following list is a collection of photos from everyday libraries that have been spiced up with hilarious and creative twists from the funny librarians who run them.