This document outlines the benefits of collaboration between Willard Middle School and the local public library. It discusses how collaboration can promote information literacy, lifelong learning and a love of reading for both students and library patrons. Regular visits and outreach between the two institutions creates a bridge that offers users a seamless experience. The document provides examples of successful programs run through collaboration, such as book talks, craft projects, author visits and book clubs. It also notes that collaboration led to a 300% increase in participation in the public library's teen summer reading program. Finally, it acknowledges some potential pitfalls and provides helpful tips for collaboration.
Measures of Dispersion and Variability: Range, QD, AD and SD
Successful School/Public Library Collaboration
1.
Jack Baur: jbaur@ci.berkeley.ca.us
Jessica Lee: Jessica_Lee@berkeley.k12.ca.us
Successful School/Public
Library Collaboration
(How to Make Friends and Take Advantage of People)
10. Benefits for Users (Patrons, Students)
More diverse library services in the places they are
Additional resources for their education and
entertainment
A break in their everyday – makes life exciting!
A personal invitation to (and a friendly face in) an
occasionally intimidating place
Regular outreach creates a bridge between the
two organizations, offering the user a seamless
transition between their experiences in each
environment.
12. School Library Standards
1st
grade: Identify the services and resources of the public
library (1.3e)
2nd
grade: Identify trusted places in the community where
students can seek information (e.g., home, school,
museums, governmental agencies, public libraries)
(1.4a)
6th
grade: Use the automated library catalog to locate
resources in other libraries and use interlibrary loan, if
available (1.3c)
Demonstrate use of outside sources for information
gathering (e.g., Web sites of public libraries and
colleges, online databases) (1.3f)
15. Berkeley Public had a 300% increase in participation for its 2010 Teen Summer
Reading Program after a year of regular visits to area middle schools!
Booktalks and Reading Promotion
We both feel like we are taking advantage of the other. Benefits exceed effort. And we have new friends.
JL: intermittent at BPL.
Not a new concept. The two systems have been working together for a long time.
Northern Cal. School/ Pub?
Southern Cal. School/Pub?
Experienced/ novice/ new to collaboration...
Overwhelmingly agree…
Goal: to create seamless user experience. Bring patrons to the public library and bring services to the patrons.
Public:
Connection with teens
Makes the teen librarian identifiable
Improves discipline (teen behavior management) due to established repoire
Awareness of what is going on in schools.
For School Librarians:
Less isolation
New ideas
Fun!
Funds for programming
1st grade:
How often do you interact with the other…weekly/ monthly/ annually/ never
Google docs, facebook, google chat, email, phone calls, text…use ‘em all
Great opportunity to sign folks up for library cards. Any time parents are at school.
Booklegger, Alameda County program, the public library trains volunteers to booktalk in the schools and to be storytellers.
Lots of respondents from public libraries indicated that they promoted the summer reading program at schools as part of their collaboration.
Origami cranes made at schools, displayed at BPL as the decoration for special event reading of Sadako and the 1000 paper cranes.
Public Library cards at school to allow access to databases. Even more powerful if pub. Lib. teaches lesson on database searching.
Textbooks at reference.
Books for teachers… extended borrowing privileges. (Not 1 patron, 3think of it as 30 patrons…)
Facilities, such as hosting an event at the other’s location. (Playreaders at Willard)
Staffing/ joint groups (friends of BUSD Libraries) Scheduling meetings to allow for participation by schools and libraries.
Tahoe Truckee USD’s HS seniors tutor senior citizens on computer skills at PL.
A simple line, like the Pacific Grove Public Library, is all you need!
No obvious teacher info: San Diego, LA, Humboldt, Kern
The Humboldt County Author Festival -- a biennial event. Authors visit every K - 8 school in the county and on Saturday, the library hosts a book sale and autographing event
Library in Long Beach hosts a large event for the release of each Harry Potter movie where each school builds a store from Diagon Alley which were then displayed together at the Public Library…
Teen poetry contest, judged by librarians
In some cases, multiple copies of the books can be gotten from the public library, sometimes from grants. Co-hosting eases the burden for both parties.
Since 2000, original grant paid for materials, additional funds came later to support staffing
Other programming: test prep, library card drive
Time (so worth the initial investment)
Giving but feeling like getting nothing in return.
No library staff at schools or uncooperative/unresponsive staff (connect with someone else)
No precedent set