Ideas for School/Public Collaborations/Programs: Shared Services

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SHARED SERVICES 

• Shared monthly newsletters
• Share technology/gaming equipment
• Teacher cards for public library
• Textbooks available in public library for evening/weekend use
• Library card drives
• Partner to present at community festivals
• New teacher orientation
• Public librarians invited to present/participate at back to school night
• Teacher welcome back – donuts, pencils, library cards
• Lunch for administrators
• Boys and girls club
• Book talks
• Program recommendations
• Back to school night
• Publicize at schools, papers, etc.
• In lieu of personal outreach to schools, videotape of youth librarian sent to schools to get message out
• Share online resources
• Reading lists and keep multiple copies on hand. For summer reading, get catalog school copies for additional summer distribution/checkout
• Assist in creating reading lists and distributing
• Share space for tutoring/studying
• Librarian who is good at a particular program travels between the branches.
• Sharing program speakers
• Teaching and Cross promoting databases
• Buying resources school can’t afford/providing student and faculty access
• Covenant House
• PAL
• [Public librarian invited to] Faculty meetings
• Link to public library on school web pages
• Storytelling programs, school visits
• Outreaching to public/school library more
• Guest readers
• Reach out to at risk teens
• Local group/mentor involvement
• Creating links between school and public library
• Partner with boys and girls club
• Start library training for kids in elementary school.
• We could share program guidelines, collaborate on summer reading lists
• Press releases among libraries and schools
• Bring in public librarian to school to conduct programs after school.
• Offer more programs, more contributing opportunities
• Target teens for suggested materials
• Expedite library card registration
• Overcome “fear” of non-returns
• Information sharing
• Joint programming between public and school libraries
• Meetings between librarians and teachers re ALA contests
• Reading as a parenting skill workshop to teens
• Joint public/school librarians trained with teacher workshop for library services
• Connecting with alternative schools
• Serving special populations
• Home schoolers – different populations
• Guidance counselors as service population
• Certified as a professional development provider for NJD Ed
• Survey needs of librarians
• Offer your services to school libraries
• Communicating with teachers (monthly meetings)
• Liaison between public library and schools
• Reading buddy program in public schools during school year and continues in summer in public library
• Schools share  curriculum with public library
• Public library work with schools for summer reading list
• Recommend e-books
• ESL connecting
• Public libraries get school mailings – principal newsletters or parent mailings