Streamlining support: Improving outreach by creating a sustainable events framework

Colwell, Tess; O'Keefe, Alex

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Title

Streamlining support: Improving outreach by creating a sustainable events framework

Author(s)

• Colwell, Tess
• O'Keefe, Alex

Issue Date

2021-09-13

Keyword(s)

• academic libraries
• outreach
• strategic planning
• outreach programs
• library events

Abstract

Outreach programming in academic libraries includes hosting and marketing library events. At the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, events were previously executed ad-hoc and by a few librarians. In order to streamline this work for greater efficiency, promote collaboration, and better serve their patrons, the Arts Library formed a Programming Team. The group developed a framework for library events, as well as workflows and documentation guidelines. This article outlines the process of forming the group, establishing workflows and procedures, and takeaways from an academic year of implementation. It provides a top-level model for coordinating events systematically, highlighting Fall 2019 Reading Week as a case study for using the framework for live events. It additionally discusses adapting the model to fit remote and outside events in spring 2020. The authors conclude with a list of suggestions and considerations for librarians contemplating a similar configuration for their events and programs.

Series/Report Name or Number

Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, vol. 1, issue 2

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text

Language

en

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/113415

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21900/j.jloe.v1i2.818

Copyright and License Information

• Copyright 2021 Tess Colwell, Alex O'Keefe
• This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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