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.
Reaching beyond the campus: First steps
In my quest to continue my blog writing after the Info 287 class, I decided to write about a recent exciting development that I hope will serve as a case study for “hyperlinking” between public and community college libraries. A branch of the county library located less than a mile from my college campus, was awarded the opportunity to host the traveling exhibition titled, “Thinking Money” created by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation and the American Library Association to arrive in late March through April 2017. The exhibit will travel to a total of 50 U.S. public libraries to “ teach tweens, teens and their parents, caregivers and educators about financial literacy topics such as saving, spending and avoiding fraud in a way that is not only understandable, but fun” (ALA website).