Is your library so engaged in keeping current with technology that it has overlooked bringing the arts into the community? Collaboration with community arts organizations can be a key factor in the success of cultural programming in libraries. Learn about noteworthy and successful programs serving diverse communities and populations, to get ideas for your own environment.
This resource for public and school librarians describes library programs in literature and the visual, performing, and mixed arts. Some of the programs profiled include projects with children in the research library, developing regional heritage music collections, adult literacy programs and art, using student talent to create appealing library posters, and The Big Write In, a collaborative outreach event for writers during National Novel Writing Month. The book's final section on management and administration addresses issues such as funding, collaboration, and the legal and contractual aspects of bringing exhibits and presenters into the library. The book includes a list of websites for finding programming ideas and resources online, plus b&w photos of real participants and posters. Editor Smallwood has written books on library outreach and management. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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| Introduction |
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1 The Big Write-In A Collaborative Outreach Event for Writers during National Novel Writing Month |
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2 Librarian as Teacher Teaching a Creative Writing Class in the School Library |
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3 Poetry Corner Collaboration among Us |
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4 Adult Literacy Programs and Art |
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5 Displaying and Promoting Visual Art at the Nashua Public Library |
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6 Utilizing Student Talent to Create Appealing Library Posters |
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7 Visual Arts in the Academic Library |
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8 Developing Regional Heritage Music Collections |
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9 Making Music Collections Come Alive |
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10 PML Players Theater Arts at the Patchogue-Medford Library |
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11 ART: Art Revolution for Teens |
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12 Children in a Research Library? Creative Projects for K-12 Students at the Rakow Research Library of the Corning Museum of Glass |
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13 Gilpin County Public Library Arts Programs |
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14 The Library as Canvas Library Larry's Big Day |
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PART V MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION |
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15 Art Works Strengthening Downtown with Library-Arts Partnerships |
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16 Behind the Scenes The Legal and Contractual Aspects of Booking Exhibits and Presenters in a Library |
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17 Collaboration as Outreach in the Twenty-First-Century Academic Library |
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18 Java City Developing a Successful Cultural Center |
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19 Raising Money to Support the Arts in Your Public Library |
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20 Where to Find Programming Ideas and Resources for the Arts Online |
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| Contributors |
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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 Writers Chronicle, Journal of Formal Poetry, Detroit News, Instructor, English Journal, and Michigan Feminist Studies. Her novel, Lily's Odyssey, appeared in 2010; she co-edited 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. She is also the author of Compartments, a new volume of poetry.
