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Roman philosopher Cicero once remarked that “if you have a garden
and a library, you have everything you need.” Today, libraries
nationwide are beginning to incorporate gardens into their public
services. Libraries in the southwestern US, for instance, are
creating drought-tolerant gardens as neighborhood demonstration
projects, while elsewhere gardens are being used to promote
community engagement and even STEM learning. Citing examples of
library gardens around the world that are thriving, this first-ever
book on the subject not only demonstrates the many benefits of
library gardens but also provides a complete overview of issues
applicable to all library types and geographical environments.
Featuring a full-color photo insert showcasing several beautiful
library gardens, among the topics covered in the book are a brief
history of libraries and gardens, with an overview of such
“demonstration gardens” as medicinal and herbal gardens, native
plant gardens, xeriscapes, and gardens as wildlife sanctuaries; the
use of plants, such as living walls and rooftop gardens, to create
ecologically healthy, sustainable environments; gardens as learning
environments and spaces for storytimes and active play; food
gardens, seed libraries, sensory gardens, outdoor reading areas,
prison garden programs, and many other ways that libraries can
engage communities; guidance on designing for inclusivity,
planning, funding, staffing, recruiting volunteers, and planting
and maintenance, complete with advice on determining the best
plants to cultivate; and ideas on evaluating the effectiveness of
library gardens and the program opportunities they offer. Readers
will not only be inspired to create and nurture their own library
gardens and programs, they will receive practical advice on how to
proceed and sustain them.
Outcome-based planning and evaluation (OBPE), with its
straightforward approach built on a flexible framework, is the
perfect model to enable youth services professionals to deliver
effective services regardless of uncertainties. An outcome-based
approach can help youth services stay grounded in producing desired
outcomes with and for youth through responsive programs, services,
and processes that can adapt to changing conditions. Clarifying the
relationship between planning, program development, and evaluation,
the five simple steps outlined in this book will help youth
services staff conduct solid community assessments and integrate
OBPE into their work. Inside its pages you will learn a short
history of OBPE and its evolution; why it is crucially important to
involve youth in all stages of program development, with guidance
on navigating challenges; how to think about planning as the need
to react quickly, whether due to natural or human-made disasters,
changing demographics, or economic swings; the five steps of OBPE,
from gathering information about your community and determining the
outcomes that will serve your community to crafting accurate
outcome statements, developing an evaluation plan, and maximizing
the results of successful outcome-based programs; how to visualize
the steps needed to successfully plan, implement, and evaluate an
outcome-based program, using the template included in the book;
ways to share your data to let people know the library's important
role in the community; and additional useful tools to bolster your
work, including environmental scan forms and ideas for creating
relevant family storytimes.
This book was compiled and edited by a librarian who was
instrumental in getting funding from a Library Services and
Technology Act grant to carry out an internship program in public
libraries. The grant allowed the MCLS consortium of public
libraries in the Los Angeles area to place library school students
in paid internships in MCLS member libraries. The successful
program was called 'From Interns to Library Leaders' (FILL), and
led in part to this book, which offers firsthand 'advice from the
field' provided by former public library interns and internship
site supervisors. Contributors include a diverse group of voices
and representative experiences from around the country, who had
either worked as or supervised a student intern in one of the many
fields of public librarianship (e.g., public services, children's,
technical services, branches, etc.). The result: eighteen chapters
written by practitioners and library school faculty, who generously
share what it's like to participate in a public library internship.
Planning and assessment are both crucial elements of a public
library that functions efficiently and flexibly. So why are they
often treated as separate processes? This concise book combines
planning and evaluation in a holistic approach, helping public
library managers and staff put library resources to work for the
community. Based on a series of successful workshops, the authors
present a workflow made up of manageable steps for integrating
outcome-based planning and evaluation (OBPE) into the routine
functions of the public library. Offering step by step guidance
that's transparent and easy to follow, this book: introduces the
concept of OBPE and explains how it can be a streamlined, effective
method of getting library users' feedback; defines outcomes and
shows why public libraries should use them to plan and evaluate
services; shares methodologies for assessing community needs and
interests, including key informant interviews, surveys, focus
groups, and environmental scans; demonstrates how to use community
assessment data to create outcome statements that not only guide
the creation of new library services, but also provide targets for
measuring the effectiveness of those services; offers techniques
for designing services that directly serve the community while also
achieving the outcomes the library has targeted; and provides tips
for sharing the results with stakeholders and maximizing successful
outcome-based programs to leverage the library's role in the
community. Featuring plentiful examples of how to proceed through
each phase of the OBPE model, this book boils down planning and
evaluation into an approachable, easy to understand process for
public librarians, library managers, and grant writers.
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