Reaching beyond the campus: Part II

banner for Exhibit on Thinking Money
ALA’s Thinking Money Exhibit Banner

This is a brief follow-up to my post in December on my college library’s collaboration with the local public library on the Thinking Money exhibit. The exhibit ended in April and as a first-time collaborative project, I think it went pretty well. The college library acted as the go-between in setting up a college financial aid workshop at the public library for local high school students.  The college library created a “matching exhibit” on financial literacy for our students with handouts and flyers for related workshops and books at the public library. While the public library’s emphasis was on junior high and high school students, we made sure that we had offerings specifically for young adults/college students.  This was a first step in collaborating with the local public library and we are looking forward to more opportunities where we can build on our mutual strengths.