Think outside the book group! Libraries are re-engaging with adult readers and sharing books with them in innovative new ways and in unconventional places. From pop-up programming on planes, trains and ferries, to Books on Tap, a literary sport over local brews, jump into the programming sandbox to explore creative ideas for reaching new adult audiences and delighting the bibliophiles in your own community.

Presented by: Audrey Barbakoff, Adult Services Manager, Kitsap Regional Library (WA), and 2013 Library Journal Mover & Shaker

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Related Resources and Links

• Written recap of this webinar
  
• Program Ideas
  • Audrey's website: www.the-bookaneer.com
  • Books on Tap
  • Ferry Tales
    
  • The Moth
    
  • ProgrammingLibrarian.org
  • Adult Programs in the Library, Second Edition by Brett W Lear
  • Hosting a Library Mystery: A Programming Guide by Elizabeth M. Karle
  • Book-to-Action Toolkit from the California State Library
  • WebJunction's Programming section (documents, webinars, etc.)
    
• Further Reading
  • “Transforming Our Image through Words that Work: Perception is Everything,” (pdf) by Valerie J. Gross. Public Libraries, PLA/ALA, Vol. 48, No. 5, September/October 2009, p. 24-32.
  • Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal
  • Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes
• Additional Links Shared in Chat
  • Serving Readers: Beyond the Basics - a webinar with David Wright and Andrea Gough
  • Murder in the Stacks resources from Twin Falls Public Library https://tfpl.wordpress.com/cool-ideas/murder-in-the-stacks/
  • Lean In guides at http://leanin.org/
  •  http://humanlibrary.org/ for more on the Human Library, and 2022 WebJunction webinar, Promote Community Engagement and Challenge Prejudice with a Human Library