[yscon] School and Public Library Partnerships

[Schott, Stephanie R]

The best example I can think of school and public library partnership in Maine has just started. Iris, a high school librarian (who just won county Teacher of the Year), had her students telling her that they wanted the school library to stay open longer. Iris talked to a few public libraries in her area, and they are now sending staff to cover after school hours. When Iris first mentioned this, it blew my mind. I thanked her as a former public librarian because (in my experience) school libraries rarely reach out to their public counterparts. Needless to say, the public youth librarians are thrilled to hang out with tons of teens and the teens are happy they can use their school library longer. It has really bolstered the relationships between all of the librarians participating and will hopefully lead to some more coordinated efforts for teen services.

The logistics are still being ironed out: there are background checks, and the schedule includes public youth librarians from a few different local libraries. So far the result is positive. I can get more details from Iris about how this is all working if anyone is interested.

Stephanie Schott | Early Literacy Specialist | Liaison to Franklin & Oxford Counties
Maine State Library | 64 State House Street | Augusta, ME 04333 | 207-287-5660

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Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2017 12:52 PM
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Subject: [yscon] School and Public Library Partnerships

Good Morning!

Have you begun or promoted any statewide school and public library partnerships? Or other statewide initiatives for schoolage children that involved schools and other local community partners? Can you describe them please?
I'm exploring a project that will have something to do with encouraging my public libraries to partner with their local schools and other community assets to promote literacy rates, specifically the third grade reading levels...wondering what has already been tried :)

Thanks in advance!
Rebecca

Rebecca Antill, MLIS
Youth Services Consultant
1500 Senate Street, Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-8284| rantill at statelibrary.sc.gov<mailto:rantill at statelibrary.sc.gov>

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