Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-214) and index.
Contents:
Foreword / ALA Public Programs Office. Where to find programming ideas, resources for the arts online / Big Write-In : a collaborative outreach event for writers during National Novel Writing Month / Stacey R. Ewing -- Librarian as teacher : teaching a creative writing class in the school library / Robert Craig Bunch -- Poetry corner : collaboration among us / Sue Samson -- Visual arts. Adult literacy programs and art / Sarah Naumann -- Displaying and promoting visual art at the Nashua Public Library / Carol Luers Eyman -- Utilizing student talent to create appealing library posters / Heather Payne -- Visual arts in the academic library / Jennifer Mayer -- Performing arts. Developing regional heritage music collections / Sandra M. Himel,Lance R. Chance -- Making music collections come alive / Greg MacAyeal -- PLM Players : theater arts at the Patchogue-Medford Library / Jeri Weinkrantz Cohen -- Mixed arts. A.R.T. : Art Revolution for Teens / Heather Pippin Zabriskie, Natalie Houston, Vera Gubnitskaia -- Children in a research library? Creative projects for K-12 students at the Rakow Research Library of the Corning Museum of Glass / Regan Brumagen, Beth Hylen -- Gilpin County Public Library arts programs / Larry Grieco -- Library as canvas : Library Larry's Big Day / Kerol Harrod -- Management and administration. Art works : strengthening downtown with library-arts partnerships / Elizabeth Goldman, Sara Wedell -- Behind the scenes : the legal and contractual aspects of booking exhibits and presenters in a library / Nora Quinlan, Sarah Cisse -- Collaboration as outreach in the 21st century academic library / Allan Cho -- Java City : developing a successful cultural center / Jack G. Montgomery -- Raising money to support the arts in your public library / Florence F. Caddell -- Where to find programming ideas, resources for the arts online / ALA Public Programs Office.
Summary:
Is your library so engaged in keeping current with technology that it has overlooked bringing the arts into the community? Collaboration with community arts organizations can be a key factor in the success of cultural programming in libraries. Learn about noteworthy and successful programs serving diverse communities and populations, to get ideas for your own environment.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.