Please Note: This is an online education event. Registrants will be e-mailed login and password instructions prior to the event.
Times are tight. Customer demand is up. Staff resources are down. Library administrators and boards of trustees are looking for services to modify. Outreach is a crucial service in maintaining vibrant and literate communities. This webinar will focus on communicating the importance of outreach services to your library board, directors and administrators. Learn specific ways to show and tell your library leaders just how strong the value of outreach services is, as well as just how valuable this area of the public library is to customers.
Objectives:
re-instill the importance of outreach services and initiatives with library leaders
communicate the priorities of outreach services
highlight different ways outreach services adds value to the communities it serves
share outreach success stories to help you promote this service in your library
Speaker:Rachel Gut is the Outreach Services Manager for the Dayton Metro Library. She has worked in public libraries since 1993, and discovered in 1994 that Outreach was the best department in the library! She started with the Dayton Metro Library Outreach Services Department in 2005, when services consisted of a homebound program, and over the last five has added a children's bookmobile, a lobby stop service, outreach to new immigrants and participation in local events.
Who Should Attend:
Library staff involved in services to outreach customers and community partners.
What Is Included:
For those working toward their Ohio Public Librarian re-certification, this webinar counts for one (1) contact hour of credit.
Member Cost:
$15.00 for individual members or staff of OLC institutional member libraries
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