Pump Up Community Involvement: Ways your library can reach out to the community, featuring Little Free Library

1. VaASL James Regional, March 2015
Tracey Cain, Librarian
Chesterfield County Schools

3. What is a Little Free Library?
In its most basic form, a Little
Free Library is a box full of
books where anyone may stop
by and pick up a book (or two)
and bring it back. You can, too!
• http://littlefreelibrary.org/

4. Why have one?
Our school system was
looking for ways to
reach out into the
community – during the
school year and during
the summer.

5. How do I get one?
We proposed ours
as an Eagle Scout
Project:

9. We also have a
LFL inside our
school library for
friends with long
overdue books
How flexible is it?

10. Other options?
Hall,
cafeteria…

11. •Wagon
•Order pre-made
•Wheel barrow

12. • Recycle
furniture
• Phone booth!
• ?

13. Old newspaper box

14. Where do I get the books?
• Book drive by high
school students
• Book drive at your
school
• Retiring teachers
• A call for gently used
books from your
networks
(neighborhood, church,
clubs)

15. How do I store them?
I separate them
by grade-level
and store them in
boxes. When I
need some, I just
reach in the box.

16. Our LFL

20. Summer Book Mobile

21. CCPS Night at the Library

22. • School Night at the public library
• Meet me at the Library
• More ideas?
• Family Reading Time in summer and evenings

23. Providence Elementary School

24. Matoaca Middle School

25. Questions & Contact
• Questions?
• Tracey Cain, Librarian
• tracey_cain@ccpsnet.net
• http://libguides.ccpsnet.net/rees
• http://littlefreelibrary.org/