School and Public Library Collaboration: Opportunities for Sharing and Community Connections

Autor/inn/en	Moreland, Denise; Kammer, Jenna
Titel	School and Public Library Collaboration: Opportunities for Sharing and Community Connections
Quelle	In: Knowledge Quest, 49 (2020) 1, S.41-44 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-9046
Schlagwörter	School Libraries; Public Libraries; Institutional Cooperation; School Community Relationship; Librarians; Shared Resources and Services; Library Services; Missouri + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School library; Schulbibliothek; Public library; Stadtbücherei; Öffentliche Bibliothek; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Librarian; Bibliothekar; Bibliothekarin; Gemeinwirtschaft; Bibliotheksarbeit
Abstract	School and public librarians both strive to offer resources and services to their communities, often with limited budgets. School and public libraries offer different business hours, diverse resources, different online databases, unique facilities and makerspaces, and varying services. Both also collect materials and provide programming for many of the same patrons. It is well established that collaboration between libraries can connect patrons with more resources and services. Through collaboration, school and public librarians can increase opportunities to serve their patrons, ensuring their services and resources are used fully, which would not be possible while working independently. The end result is better service to the community as a whole. To understand how school and public libraries are collaborating, the authors asked more than twenty school and public librarians in one region of central Missouri about what they do to collaborate with each other. This article presents those findings. The authors found that every librarian they talked to had at least one experience collaborating, partnering, or communicating with the other library in their area. When their experiences of collaboration were examined for patterns and categorized, it was found that all collaborations occurred in three areas: sharing resources, sharing spaces, and sharing programming. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01