Out-of-the-Box Outreach

Many thanks to Valerie Spooner from Ladysmith for this inspiring guest post!We have a women’s shelter in our town that does a wonderful job, but  residents don’t always feel comfortable coming to the library. Many of the women who use their services also have...

Bilingual Storytime in Amery

Many thanks to Tricia Wehrenberg for this inspiring guest post about going outside her comfort zone to provide excellent service.  Way to go!Recently, the Amery Area Public Library was approached by the United Migrant Opportunity Services (UMOS) to do a storytime...

Inspired for Outreach with Impact

I just listened to the archived recording of a UW-Madison SLIS Continuing Education webinar by Yee Lee Vue of the Appleton Public Library.  She was talking about library outreach to the Hmong community.  She spoke specifically about their project to bring...

Polk County Collaboration for the Win!

License-plate etching and awesome collaborative library outreach!Thanks to Kelly McBride of Osceola for this blog post about some terrific collaborative efforts between the public libraries in Osceola, Dresser and St. Croix Falls.  Thanks to her library partners,...