1. Julie Moore Lisa Mulvenna Explore your life, your community, the world.

2.  Who We Are  Why We Needed Outreach  What Didn’t Work for Us  What We’re Doing Now  Next Steps

3. ◦ We are a newer library system. We have only been around for 23 years. ◦ 3 locations-1 Main Library and 2 branches ◦ At the end of 2014, we had 375,000 items in our collection. ◦ We circulated 1,528,381 items in 2014. ◦ We serve the 187,999 residents of Clinton and Macomb Townships. ◦ 47,914 of these residents are under 18 (or 25%).

4.  47 K-12 schools in our service area plus 10 additional preschools.  We serve 2 entire school districts, plus schools in an additional 3.  There are 3 MLIS librarians in these schools.

5.  Millage in 2014 ◦ Schools and parents were important supporters  Large decline in library visits from the schools.

6.  Assign a staff members a school  Pass out library card applications to students  9 th grade welcome days tables  Teacher Mixer

7.  Started a School Success Committee  Got rid of unnecessary rules  Targeted 3 schools and to get in the door  Use who you know  Hired a librarian to specialize in schools and outreach

9.  Summer Reading contests with schools ◦ Competition breads participation  Summer Reading School visits ◦ Increase in registration to visited schools

10.  Art Show

11.  Literacy Nights @ CMPL ◦ Themed night with activities ◦ They come to us ◦ After school hours so caregivers can attend

12.  School Visits ◦ We go to them, they come to us!

13.  Database training ◦ Tie into a project or program ◦ Sell it as a “product”

14.  Host school functions for staff ◦ Find ways to bring them in the door ◦ Give them library information ◦ Teacher library cards

15.  ConnectED initiative ◦ Implemented in Chippewa Valley Schools over the summer and added 10,000 new cards ◦ Visited 19 CVS events since mid-August ◦ Issued 4 new cards, updated 247, and fixed 400 ◦ Talked to 103 kids, 1056 teens, and 1049 adults about CMPL

16.  Promotion ◦ Teacher eNewsletter ◦ Add pictures of outreach to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter ◦ Promote use of hash tags at programs and outreach ◦ Add a welcome sign to rotating sign display in lobby for school groups and tours ◦ Marketing among staff too! We’re using SignUpGenius.com to list our events and encourage staff to attend.

17.  Since January 1, 2015, we have gone out to see 7825 people.  1418 people have come into CMPL as a group for tours or training.

18. DatabaseSeptember 2014September 2015 Biography In Context 27803 Career Transitions36156 Culture Grams1581 Learning Express Library 75256 Novelist61109 Pronunciator45122 Tutor.com141455

19.  Continue with ConnectED  Develop an outreach plan  Create a day camp summer reading program

20.  Julie Moore jmoore@cmpl.orgjmoore@cmpl.org  Lisa Mulvenna lmulvenna@cmpl.orglmulvenna@cmpl.org