November 24, 2015 Jessica LeMay, Barbara Figurski, Parwana Salih and I (Jillian Parsons) made our premiere voyage out into the community with our Outreach gear. The goal was to spread the awareness of WPL, to bring new patrons into the library, and to find communities that need more attention from the services we offer.
Our first stop was the lobby on the first floor of the City Hall. Those government workers are sure busy! Even though there was a lack of communication about our visit, we still found people who were curious. And how could they not be? We had a whole library set up on one table! We had with us books (Fiction, Non Fiction and Children's) Audio books on CD, Playaways video and audio, and Kindle Paperwhites. We also had two hotspots and a laptop computer. We could and did hand out library cards and place holds for patrons. We promoted events at the library and Barbara promoted the Talking Books Library services.
We learned a lot from our trial run. Next up, on December 15, 2015 we visit the Senior Center! Stay tuned.
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