Free webinar to highlight ways to build meaningful library experiences for those experiencing poverty and homelessness
The ALA Office
for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)
and the ALA
Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
will host a webinar expanding on the tips and tools in “Extending our
Reach: Reducing Homelessness Through Library Engagement,” the latest
outreach toolkit from OLOS and SRRT.
This webinar will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Central time on Thursday,
March 21 and is free and open to all who are interested in transforming
libraries by building meaningful library experiences for all, especially
poor and homeless patrons.
This free webinar will feature Lisa Gieskes, coordinator of the ALA Social
Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT)
Hunger, Homelessness, and Poverty Task Force, and Julie Winkelstein,
Ph.D., University of Tennessee – Knoxville, who will explore resources,
best practices and model programs geared towards creating positive
library experiences for those experiencing poverty
and homelessness.
Information on accessing the webinar can be found on OLOS’
Online Learning page,
http://www.ala.org/
The ALA Social
Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) is
a unit within the American Library Association. It works to make ALA more
democratic
and to establish progressive priorities not only for the Association,
but also for the entire profession. Concern for human and economic
rights was an important element in the founding of SRRT and
remains an urgent concern today. SRRT believes
that
libraries and librarians must recognize and help solve social problems
and inequities in order to carry out their mandate to work for the
common good and bolster democracy. SRRT’s
main website is hosted at http://libr.org/SRRT.
