Bringing the arts into the library / edited by Carol Smallwood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smallwood, Carol, 1939- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--Cultural programs--United States--Case studies.

Libraries.

Libraries and community--United States--Case studies.

Libraries and community.

Library outreach programs--United States--Case studies.

Library outreach programs.

Libraries--Cultural programs.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2014.

Summary:

Is your library so engaged in keeping current with technology that it has overlooked bringing the arts into the community? Collaboration with community arts organizations can be a key factor in the success of cultural programming in libraries. Learn about noteworthy and successful programs serving diverse communities and populations, to get ideas for your own environment.

Contents:

The Big Write-In : a collaborative outreach event for writers during National Novel Writing Month / Stacey R. Ewing

Librarian as teacher : teaching a creative writing class in the school library / Robert Craig Bunch

Poetry corner : collaboration among us / Sue Samson

Adult literacy programs and art / Sarah Naumann

Displaying and promoting visual art at the Nashua Public Library / Carol Luers Eyman

Utilizing student talent to create appealing library posters / Heather Payne

Visual arts in the academic library / Jennifer Mayer

Developing regional heritage music collections / Sandra M. Himel and Lance R. Chance

Making music collections come alive / Greg MacAyeal

PLM Players : theater arts at the Patchogue-Medford Library / Jeri Weinkrantz Cohen

A.R.T. : Art Revolution for Teens / Heather Pippin Zabriskie, Natalie Houston, and Vera Gubnitskaia

Children in a research library? : creative projects for K-12 students at the Rakow Research Library of the Corning Museum of Glass / Regan Brumagen and Beth Hylen

Gilpin County Public Library arts programs / Larry Grieco

The library as canvas : Library Larry's Big Day / Kerol Harrod

Art works : strengthening downtown with library-arts partnerships / Elizabeth Goldman and Sara Wedell

Behind the scenes : the legal and contractual aspects of booking exhibits and presenters in a library / Nora Quinlan and Sarah Cisse

Collaboration as outreach in the 21st century academic library / Allan Cho

Java City : developing a successful cultural center / Jack G. Montgomery

Raising money to support the arts in your public library / Florence F. Caddell

Where to find programming ideas, resources for the arts online / ALA Public Programs Office.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index.

ISBN:

9780838911754

0838911757

OCLC:

794711904