William R. and Norma B. Harvey Library Academic Libraries and Outreach: Creating Relevance  Through Learning and Service HBCU Library Alliance 7th Membership Meeting Tina D. Rollins Hampton University William R. and Norma B. Harvey Library

Everyone knows libraries are important Everyone knows libraries are important!!!!! Why do we need to defend relevancy??? Lack of understanding regarding library purpose and services. Institutional budget cuts. Organizational culture. The age of technology……

Revisiting the Concept of Library as Place A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library. ~Shelby Foote Libraries have a unique place in academic communities. We provide services to not only the university, but also the surrounding community. We are multi-disciplinary. We promote research and access. We are essentially the hub of the campus.

Outreach as a Tool for Relevancy Outreach activities help to promote library services and provide opportunities for learning and service to internal and external stakeholders. Outreach efforts must mirror the mission of your library as well as stay in line with the university’s mission.

Where do you start? Outreach begins with building relationships with library staff, administrators, faculty, staff and students. (Tip: Be a social butterfly, or be an email stork) Find campus and community partners. Discuss with your staff what has worked in the past and listen to ideas regarding their interests. Research outreach efforts of other academic libraries and see if you can adapt some of their ideas to your library.

Outreach Efforts at Hampton University’s Harvey Library To increase outreach efforts at the Harvey Library, staff committees were created to assist with programming and initiatives. Proposals were also solicited from individuals who wanted to work on other outreach efforts for the library. We also created and updated our Facebook and Twitter pages. Our website was redesigned to include areas for announcements and banners.

Harvey Library Outreach Projects Staff Development Series Child Development Center Banned Book Week National Library Week Annual Book Sale Up Center Film Festival Radio - Advertising for Events, Interviews/Panels Television- Campus TV Productions, Student Productions

Outreach to Faculty Information Literacy New Faculty Orientation Freshman Orientation Participation Graduate Programs Faculty/Administration Meetings Collaboration on Grants

A picture is worth a thousand words……..

Harvey Library Employees Circa 1980’s

Harvey Library Now

HU Child Development Center Partnership

HUCDC Activities

National Library Week

National Library Week 2016: Libraries Transform Schedule of Events Monday , April 11, 2016 Love Affair With My Hair: Why Black Women Cheat On Health Dr. Desiree Williams Director, William R. Harvey Leadership Institute/Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy Heather Worthy Regional Director of Wellness Innovation for the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.   Tuesday, April 12, 2016 Self-Publishing: Reflections on the Creative Process Randolph Walker Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Dr. Sabin Duncan, Director, Freddye T. Davy Honors College 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2016 Tired of Being Black Rodney Jordan, Author 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Living Authentically: Young Women and Self-Empowerment Tiffany Hill, Lecturer 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Thursday , April 14, 2016 and Friday, April 15, 2016 Harvey Library Annual Book Sale 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Thursday) 9:30 a.m.– 4:00 p.m. (Friday) All events will be held in the Harvey Library Meeting Room. Please call 757-727-5371 for questions. Rodney Jordan Desiree Williams Heather Worthy Sabin Duncan Tiffany Hill Randolph Walker

Annual Book Sale

Banned Books Week

Outreach Initiatives in Progress Strengthening library liaison program. Increasing digitization efforts to provide access to additional university collections such as yearbooks and student publications. Increasing funding through donors. Increasing Grantsmanship

We make libraries relevant!!!!!!!!!! One more thought……. Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom. –Willard Scott We make libraries relevant!!!!!!!!!!