I believe that the stability of a library depends on the community it serves.  Outreach programs serve non-users and  people with special needs within a community.  This outreach helps provide an opportunity to improve the library's image to people within the community and allows collaboration with other community groups and organizations to enhance overall library services.  (Kathleen Phillips, Seymour Libary)

See also: Have Rolling Bag Will Travel

               Transporting Materials

MCLS Outreach J Meeting—October 2006

4 P’s:     Plan               4 T’s:     Target             4 W’s: WHO do you want to reach? WHO can help?

              Program                      Theme                        WHAT will be presented?

              Partnership                  Team up                     WHERE will you advertise?

              Publicity                       Tell Them                   WHY is this important?                

1000 Books B4K 

• Pinterest Board

Airports

Art Walks

Book Talking

Celebrate Diversity

Celebrate Libraries

Daycare Centers

• Daycare Scavenger Hunt

Drive Thru/Drive In Storytime

Farmers Market

Flash Mob

Geocaching

Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts

Homeschool Families/Groups

Juvenile Detention Centers

KidsFairs

Laundromats

Library Booksale

Moms Clubs

Municipal Pool

Museums

Neighborhood Festivals

Parades

Poetry Flags

Pop-Up Libraries

Private Schools

Reach Out and Read  (Doctor Offices)

Recreation Facilities

School Readiness

Stories In the Park/Under the Stars

Storywalk Project

• Henrietta Library, August, 2014  (contact Anne Hicks for particulars)
• Storywalk: I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell 
  
• Walking the Storywalk

Zoo

This'n'That:

• Develop & implement staff training, provide support & guidance for Outreach
• Research & study the populations you decide to focus on. Determine needs and what the library can do to meet those needs.
• Do not assume they will come to you. GO where the targeted populations are.
• Develop relationships with other library leaders, community leaders, educational organizations, community groups and agencies.
• Be patient & consistent.
• An agreement between the library and community partner to accomplish specific short-term goals may grow into a larger or expanded collaboration.
• What is the ability to attract new users?

Names that were suggested for a presentation, (Storytime Underground 2-1-2019):

• Inside Out
• Who We Reach in Outreach?
• “Name of your library”: beyond the building & books
• Outreach Reaches Out