Let’s Talk Adult Programming
Ted Downtown Chandler Public LibraryAzLA Annual Conference-11-14-14
Capturing lightning in a bottle
Tell us about your best program
When things go off the tracks…
Tell us about your worst program
Moving Target Planning
Not An Exact Science?
Timing for audience-time of week, time of day, time of year.
Competition and conflicts with other city events and festivals. Cooperation and outreach with those festivals.
How to evaluate community’s needs and interests?
How relevant are the programs to community’s situation, expectations and library’s mission?
Programming Librarian
I always wanted to…
A program on couponing
Crafting
Stamp Collecting Workshop
Antiques Roadshow
Model Railroading
Home Brewing
The Possibilities!
What do the patrons want?
Marketing your programs
In-house…
Flyers, Posters, Postcards,Electronic Message Board, Word of Mouth
In-house…
Flyers-The Old Stand-Bys
In the Field
Local NewspapersPress releases
Flyers (TechSpot , Zia, Changing Hands in Tempe, City Rec Center)
Local Press
Reaching underservedpopulations
A culturally responsive library ?
Seniors-Know the 10 Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
Lifetime Arts’ Creative Aging program
Reaching underservedpopulations
A culturally responsive library ?
New Immigrants
Reaching underservedpopulations
Talk Time
Reaching underservedpopulations
Learning Lab
Reaching underservedpopulations
Job Center
Public Library Association Conference, March 15, 2012
Intersection of Library & Organizations
-Creative Aging Toolkit for Public Libraries
Intersection of Library & Communities
Library & Its Community: Taking Assessment
Community
Group
Gap in Service or
Communication
What could the
library do to fill
the gaps?
How can we do
it?
Lightning can strike twice!When all the moving parts
come together
Don’t Forget the Handwritten
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