Written by Hello all. Here is a comment from @jenfredrick on our chat with Michael Casey:
“I just wanted to comment for the person who asked about going to laundromats. I work in my library’s outreach department. We have a program we call “Read While You Wait.” We have 5 locations in our village, including 2 laundromats, an accounting firm, an urgent/primary care medical office, and a county health department office. Once a month, we check on each location and restock books as needed. We mostly get books and magazines that have been weeded from the collection. Sometimes we will use new books that were leftover from the summer reading prize books. I’m happy to answer any more questions about the program. Here is a link to our website that has pictures of some of the locations:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.fountaindale.org/services/outreach-services/read-while-you-wait/&source=gmail-imap&ust=1784772229000000&usg=AOvVaw2ZD3hRPuPyDsTBLav3ECx0 “
@michael and @jenfredrick Thank you for sharing this! What a cool way to connect and engage with the community. I love this!
I absolutely love this idea! And looking at the website, they say their goal is to “meet you where you are,” which is kind of the theme I’ve been working with. It’s something I heard a library director say a while back and it really stuck with me: meet your community where they are. I’m definitely going to try to copy this for my library! Thanks for posting this.