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2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting - Library Live and On Tour

Submitted by Greg Landgraf on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 23:14
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Smitty Miller, Fraser Valley (British Columbia) Regional Library’s Tour Manager, talks about LiLi, the library’s Nissan Cube, which it uses to deliver mobile library services throughout the community. Through the Library Live and On Tour project, Miller visits community agencies to provide programming and assistance to people who cannot come to the library or do not feel comfortable there. The car is stocked with gadgets for potential patrons to experience and Miller is able to talk to them and do what is necessary to make them feel they’ll be welcome at the library.

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Smitty spoke of the

Smitty spoke of the connections she was able to make by meeting folks where they live—which is sometimes on the street! Reconnecting lost patrons with libraries is another important aspect of outreach—forgiving fines, reinstating library cards, letting them know about new services. Very inspiring!

Submitted by donnamcm (not verified) on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 16:10.

Library Live

Fantastic!! That is a brilliant program and with such an enthusiastic spokesperson it is sure to revive that tired old stereotype, of the library and the librarians :D. I am in Australia and I would love to see things like this organised for our country.

Submitted by Laura (not verified) on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 23:41.