Library partnerships with writers and poets case studies
"Librarians continue to develop innovative ways to support local writers with workshops, festivals and community events. This collection of 29 new essays presents a variety of projects, programs and services to help librarians establish relationships with the literary world, promote literature...
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc.
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "Librarians continue to develop innovative ways to support local writers with workshops, festivals and community events. This collection of 29 new essays presents a variety of projects, programs and services to help librarians establish relationships with the literary world, promote literature to the public and foster creativity in their communities"-- Part I. Partnerships -- Academic libraries reach out to writers and poets / Aline Soules -- From fieldwork to framework : preparing for library outreach to writers and poets / John Glover -- The library as a community of writers and readers / Stanley L. Klemetson -- Bridging the gap : a playwright, sneak peek and production of a performance / Jen Park and James W. Phillips -- Librarian as volunteer : United Way ReadingPals program / Sarah Cisso -- Part II. Writers groups -- Hosting a writing club for teen writers at your library / Heather Botelho -- Writers groups at the library / Sarah Fisk -- Discovering the personal and the poetic voice : encouraging and supporting writers at the public library / Diana J. Lennon -- Part III. Author talks -- The power of words : drawing authors and the college community together through author talks / Laurel Erin Fennell and Alda Noronha-Nimmo -- The Latino Americans : 500 years of history grant experience : a case study in cooperation / Alyssa Martin and Christopher Shaffer -- The Hugh C. Hyde Living Writers Series at San Diego State University : how one of the nation's oldest reading series found a home in the library / Markel Tumlin and Meagan Marshall -- Part IV. Festivals -- Literary events at your library : best-practice tips for happy writers and patrons / Tina M. Metzger and Meg King-Sloan -- Cents and sensibility : planning the 14th Georgia Literary Festival / Melissa E. Johnson, Anna Caroline Harris, Karin Gillespie, and Erin Prentiss -- Hosting an author festival / Sarah Fisk -- Part V. Collections -- Papers and prose : touring literary history with students / Jennifer V. Mitchell -- The South Carolina Poetry Archives : a case study in collection development, outreach and collaborative growth / Jeffrey Makala -- Cooperation between university librarians and faculty writers and poets / Mantra Roy and Erin Vonnahme -- Part VI. Poetry -- Poetry as the scholar's art : an interview with poet Amy Newman / Julie L. Miller -- How one library and one poet reached 1,200 readers for National Poetry Month / Diane Kendig and Laurie Kincer -- Rich soil for poetry in rural Cajun Louisiana / Patricia Brown, Maura Gage Cavel and Ava Leavell Haymon -- Outreach through play, creation and inquiry : classes and workshops at the University of Arizona Poetry Center / Wendy Burk, Sarah Kortemeier and Cybele Knowles -- Part VII. Classes and workshops -- Publication talks and book review workshops : spotlighting faculty publication, emerging authors and book reviews as an effective personal branding strategy / Nina Q. Rose, Raøl Fernøndez-Calienes and Hagai Gringarten -- How would you use it? : designing a library workshop to engage young writers with resources in their field / Karla Fribley -- A workshop is learning by doing / Rita Keeley Brown -- Part VIII. Outreach -- Librarian writer supports courageous conversations, critical multiculturalism and communal networks / Roland Barksdale-Hall -- Authors on the inside : a decade of connecting correctional inmates with writers / Daniel Marcou and Patrick Jones -- A campus or library lecture series : the perfect outreach to writers and poets / John C. Burns -- An evolving partnership : a reading series finds a home in the library / Robert S. Means -- The Nevada Writers Hall of Fame : a history of collaboration / Steven R. Harris |
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| Beschreibung: | vii, 237 Seiten Illustrationen 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 1476629226 1-4766-2922-6 1476665397 1-4766-6539-7 9781476629223 978-1-4766-2922-3 9781476665399 978-1-4766-6539-9 |