Diversity & Outreach Section

Creative Outreach

Looking to build partnerships and meet your community where they’re at? We’ll share our experiences getting out of the library and suggest ways to make innovative outreach successful where YOU are. Learn more about Glen Ridge’s train station pop up library, Hackensack’s partnerships with HACPAC and the Main Street Business Alliance, West Orange’s summer STEM @ Thomas Edison National Historical Park, and Franklin Township’s outreach committee and summer camp programming.

A Week in the Life of an Accessible Library

Experience a week with the New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center. Discover the unique ways TBBC provides reader’s advisory, circulation, collection development, outreach, and programming to those with low vision, blindness, or a physical, perceptual, or reading disability that prevents them from using regular print materials. Learn about the diverse range of services and resources available, including success stories from TBBC’s efforts to break down barriers to ensure that all may read.

Zine Zone Creative Space

Conferences can be overwhelming - come have a creative break with us and decompress! Hang out for a while in a totally non-committal space to learn what zines are, read a few, make a page for the Collaborative Conference Zine, and get ideas on how to incorporate zines and zine-making into your own library programming. Plus, enter to win a free basket of zines! Crafty supplies and fun things will re-energize you for the next session.

Zine Zone Creative Space

Sustain yourself forward and take a breather during the conference! Here, you’ll be able to decompress and relax in a totally non-committal creative space. Learn what zines are, create your own, or make a page for the Collaborative Conference Zine. There will be crafty supplies and fun things to re-energize you for the next session. Maybe even leave with ideas on how to incorporate zines and zine-making into your own library!

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