More ideas for outreach by public librarians to teachers

Another article, Outreach Collaboration, with useful tips for making connections with teachers was written by Library Media Specialist, Elaine Ezell. It proved once again that literature written for, and by, school librarians can help public librarians provide services for teachers.

• Approach teachers who come to the library simply to borrow books on a particular subject about collaborations you have done with other teachers. Suggest programming you can do with the class that compliments the curriculum.
• Handout a user-friendly template for teachers to use to outline their goals for research.
• Ask the teacher who has booked a simple “library visit” for their class how you can best prepare for the session; compliment their requests with even more programming and collaboration ideas.
• Enquire about upcoming projects and suggest ways to integrate library collaboration with future research needs.
• Share ways that you’ve collaborated with teachers in the past; they may not know that public librarians will work with teachers in this way.

If you wish to read the article in its entirety:

Ohio Media Spectrum v.55 no.1 (Winter 2003)