Potential Community Partners
Programming and Events
Youth Detention Centers
Senior Citizens
Teens
Children
Other Programming/Events
Staff To Do List

Potential Community Partners

• AARP
• Advertising Agencies
• Advocacy Groups
• Afterschool Programs
• Alternative Schools
• Animal Shelters (Reading dogs, etc.)
• Art programs at local colleges
• Artists
• Arts Councils/Organizations
• Bookstores
• Boys & Girls Club
• Cable TV
• Caterers
• Chamber of Commerce: Speak at next meeting
• Churches and Religious Groups
• City Hall
• City/County Government
• Civic organizations
• Colleges/Community College
• Community celebrations
• Community radio and TV
• Consultants
• Consumer advocacy organizations
• Corporations
• Daycare Centers
• Department of Labor
• Doctor's Offices
• Economic Development Council
• Elected Officials
• Environmental Organizations
• ESL/Immigrant populations
• Faith Communities
• Film Companies
• Fire Department
• First Steps
• Foundations
• Funeral Homes
• Garden Clubs
• Grocery Stores
• Halfway Houses
• Head Start
• Health Clinics/Clubs/Department/Fairs
• Hispanic/Latino Community
• Historical and Genealogical Societies
• HMO's
• Housing
• Humanities Councils
• Immigrant groups/organization/centers
• Internet providers
• Job and Family Services
• Job Fairs
• Kiwanis
• Legal Aid agencies
• Library Foundation/Friends/Trustees
• Lions
• Literary organizations
• Local Banks
• Local churches serving Hispanic populations
• Local enterprises
• Local Government
• Medical Community
• Multicultural Organizations
• Municipal Courts
• Museums
• Musicians
• National Funders
• Native American Tribes
• Naturalists
• Neighborhood Associations
• Newspapers
• Nursing homes
• Older American Council
• Online information providers
• Parks and Recreation Programs
• Philanthropists (individuals)
• Police Departments
• Political Organizations
• Private Foundations
• Private Schools
• Public Housing
• Public Relations Agencies
• Public Schools
• Public Transportation
• Preschools
• Radio Stations
• Rehab Centers
• Retailers
• Retirement Centers
• Rotary
• School for the deaf and blind
• Senior Organizations
• Service Organizations
• Spanish speakers
• Statewide Funders
• Students
• Teachers
• Teen Advisor, school counselors
• Teens
• Theatrical companies
• Transit Authority
• TV stations
• Under-served populations
• Universities
• Utility Companies
• Vendors
• Visitors/Tourists
• Web Survey Sources
• Writers/Artists/Photographers
• YMCA/YWCA
• Youth Organizations
• Zoos

Programming and Events

• College/Community College/University
• Express Library www.learnatest.com which offers tests preparation in topics such as US Citizenship, GMAT, GRE, Postal service, and many others
• GED and ESL programs available at the library
• Library director could serve as proctor for college online classes and GED classes
• Present tutorials of internet and computer skills
• Student artwork on display from local schools
• Work with art classes to have inmates design promotional materials for library

Youth Detention Centers

• AR (Accelerated Reading) program-work with school concerning labeling of AR books, possible tests
• Arrange a cooperative project with school teacher(s)
• Bring animals from shelters for kids to read to - good for low-level readers
• Bilingual talk times/conversation groups
• Bilingual book groups and book talks
• Host a Career Day and bring in professionals from the outside community
• Contact middle school librarians about resources to compliment curriculum
• Free refreshments for drop-by breakfast at the library
• Go to new teacher orientation in the fall to promote & network about library services
• Homework help-volunteer older students to provide homework assistance to younger students at the library
• Homework supply box- glue sticks, poster board, construction paper, notebook fillers, etc...
• Demonstrate library databases and available technology
• Link your library to school and public library catalogues
• Long-term borrowing privileges extended to middle and high school libraries to supplement collection
• Movie Night in library using the library's equipment (find movies in Spanish and other languages represented in population)
• Implement a summer reading program and present about it to teachers
• Reading projects with education department
• Regular meeting time with school librarians outside prison - Share resources and ideas
• Story times for pre-K and Kindergarten students (in library/outside of library)
• Student artwork on display from detention center
• Teacher breakfast
• Volunteer when they have special events.  Wear library shirt and talk with parents

Senior Citizens

• Book talks and book discussion groups
• Bifocal Kits
• Games to help computer novices use internet & computers-solitaire (mouse/coordination)
• Make posters for senior centers about library activities
• Senior citizen basic computer class
• Volunteer readers

Teens

• Advisory committee for website, etc...
• Bookmarks to advertise Teen Advisory Groups
• Create a teen nook
• Dance Dance Revolution
• Dance party
• Discussion group
• Gaming in libraries
• How to prepare for college class for teens
• Invite teens to come and learn about poetry- Poetry Event
• Pizza night
• Movie night
• Revamp website-high school web design students to do as a class project
• Show videos created by teens for teens
• Start a teen volunteer program
• Study Groups
• Teen reading/book club
• YA author visits

Children

• Create story time kits for parents
• Parent/child reading program
• Make space appealing
• Summer Reading Programs

Other Programming/Events

• Film series
• Book night
• Artist of the month
• Bingo cards with genre in squares- win a mug or totebag
• Book Clubs (Adult, Businesses, Teens, Seniors, etc...)
• Book discussion groups
• Bookfairs
• Blood Drives
• Businesses showcase their work by doing free programs (win/win for both)
• Career research Center- wireless lab
• Community presenters, such as, local mechanic offer basic auto maintenance; banker offer basic financial planning checkbook, monthly budget, etc. Find presenters who can speak Spanish from Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, local businesses, banks, auto shops, bicycle repair
• Games to help computer novices use internet and computers
• Language Classes
• Literary Events
• Mexican restaurant owners and industries which employ Hispanics
• One Book, One Community
• Resume Workshop for Job & Family Services
• "Stump the Librarian" during National Library Week
• Suggestion Box
• Tax workshop
• Theatre Groups

Staff To Do List

• Accessibility:  Make the library accessible
• Advertise what services the library has for the blind, low vision demographic
• Book deposits
• Contact churches in the area about the Latino attendees
• Contact real estate business in town-tell them about library
• Deposit old books in local areas that you don't need back- advertise for library
• Film storytimes, literary programming and place on closed circuit TV
• Hold storytime for children at prisons while parents have visitations
• Share programs with other community libraries - including summer programs
• Start a program for adults on health issues
• Visit new residents as part of a welcome wagon group
• Marketing
• Advertise location and services - Send it to entire service population
• Advertise in Spanish, other languages the library services
• Area improvement associations
• Bookmarks with library information in various languages
• Create @ your library posters and bookmarks using local leaders, celebrity photos
• Go on closed circuit TV to talk about library services
• PSA's in English and other languages
• Pursue all available advertising options - newspaper, TV and radio, Internet