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Deposit Collection Booktalk Program

Deposit Collection Booktalk Program. Goals. Provide Library programming for customers who face barriers in visiting a public library and participating in programming Promote Lifelong learning and equal access to all Hennepin County residents

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Deposit Collection Booktalk Program

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  1. Deposit Collection Booktalk Program

  2. Goals • Provide Library programming for customers who face barriers in visiting a public library and participating in programming • Promote Lifelong learning and equal access to all Hennepin County residents • Provide readers advisory service for customers who are traditionally not computer users and therefore not able to use the library's online reader's advisory tools • Increase knowledge and use of the Deposit Collections available in a resident's building

  3. Background Fall 2007 • Booktalking program began in the Fall of 2007 • Outreach staff developed program/training • Three suburban librarians attended training • Volunteers recruited by Margie Schuster • Booktalks given at seven senior living sites • About 100 people attended eight booktalks

  4. Background Spring 2008 • Three additional librarians joined • Seven booktalks given • 130 attended booktalks Fall 2008 • Ten booktalks given • 180+ attended booktalks

  5. Background Spring 2009 • Eleven booktalks given • Over half were first-time booktalk sites Fall 2009 • Eleven booktalks given • 360 total attended booktalks for the year

  6. Kim Battern Jean Bielke-Rodenbiker Linda Brandberg Abike Eyo Donna Sexton Jane Stein Lin Maki Barb Holden Linda Brandt Erin Dahl Margaret Gillespie Marilyn Lustig Mary Richards Katie Schmidt Booktalkers and Volunteers

  7. Fall 2009 Survey Results…

  8. Is this the first Hennepin County Library booktalk you have attended at your residence?

  9. Were there some books you will read because of these talks?

  10. What types of fiction would you like to hear more about?

  11. What types of nonfiction would you like to hear more about?

  12. Are you aware that Hennepin County Library delivers books and audio books to your building every 3 months?

  13. Did you enjoy the booktalk?

  14. Booktalker Appreciation Event April 1, 2010

  15. Selected customer comments • “Speakers were excellent!” • “You offer a wonderful service.” • “Speakers made the books all sound worth reading.” • “I love having the new and good books available to us.”

  16. For More Information Contact: Patrick Jones (952) 847-8859 pjones@hclib.org

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