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Beyond Books - Adult Library Programs for a New Era

English · Hardback

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This book will enable librarians to prepare effective programs that already have proven results, decreasing stress, prep time, and the feeling of being overwhelmed that can result from trying to come up with new ideas on a deadline.

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Jenn Carson is the Director of the LP Fisher Public Library and the creator of www.yogainthelibrary.com, a popular, non-profit resource dedicated to educating librarians and teachers about creating yoga and meditation programs in public, school, and academic libraries. She also writes a monthly online column for the American Librarian Association on the delivery of physical literacy programs (www.programminglibrarian.org/users/jcarson) and travels regularly to present at conferences and professional development seminars on how to establish successful movement-based programs in libraries. She will deliver her first keynote address in October 2019.

Carson is also the creator of many webinars, instructional videos, and numerous handouts and worksheets. In 2016, Carson received the Innovation Award from the New Brunswick Public Library Service for her physical literacy initiatives. In 2017, she earned the Atlantic Provinces Library Association Memorial Award to create a website for physical literacy programming in libraries (www.physicaliteracyinthelibrary.com) and was declared a "remarkable woman making a difference in Atlantic Canada" by Amplify East(www.amplifyeast.com/amplifiedvoices/jenn-carson). In 2019, she won the Library Journal Movers & Shakers Award and the Atlantic Provinces Library Association Advocacy Award for her public programming and community involvement.

Carson is the author of Physical Literacy: Movement-Based Programs in Libraries (ALA Editions, 2018) and Yoga and Meditation at the Library: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), as well as numerous journal articles, book chapters, and reviews. In addition to her professional writing, Carson has had 32 poems published and was nominated for the 2019 Best New Poets anthology.


Summary

Having Adult Library Programs That Work will enable librarians to prepare effective programs that already have proven results, decreasing stress, prep time, and the feeling of being overwhelmed that can result from trying to come up with new ideas on a deadline.

Product details

Authors Jenn Carson
Publisher Rowman and Littlefield
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.12.2022
 
EAN 9781538139745
ISBN 978-1-5381-3974-5
No. of pages 222
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system

Library & information services, adult marketing;online learning

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