Every Child Ready to Read: ECRR Outside the Library: Providing Meaningful Family-Focused Community Outreach

Authors

  • Kathleen Campana
  • J. Elizabeth Mills
  • Michelle H. Martin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.16.2.35

Abstract

Do you want to reach and support ALL families in your community, especially those who are underserved, but feel like you are not reaching them through your in-house programs and services?

Have you tried moving your programs and services out to community locations to reach these families where they are? In Project LOCAL (Library Outreach as a Community Anchor in Learning), an Institute of Museum and Library Services–funded National Leadership planning grant, we found that by moving programs out into the community and adapting them for particular settings, libraries are reaching families in many underserved communities. 

Author Biography

Kathleen Campana

Kathleen Campana is a Lecturer at Kent State University’s School of Information and a PhD Candidate at University of Washington’s Information School. Her research focuses on understanding the learning that occurs for children and youth in informal learning environments and how the environment influences their learning. J. Elizabeth Mills is a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington iSchool. She has a background in children’s book publishing, both as an editor and as an author. She recently worked as a researcher on Project VIEWS2, a study of early literacy outcomes in public library storytimes. Dr. Michelle H. Martin is the Beverly Cleary Endowed Professor for Children and Youth Services in the Information School at the University of Washington and from 2011 to 2016 was the inaugural Augusta Baker Endowed Chair in Childhood Literacy at the University of South Carolina.

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Published

2018-06-01

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2018): Summer

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