Friday, March 13, 2009

Reading 2.4 The future

Some of the ways Tauranga City Libraries is applying aspects of the new model mentioned by Sue Cooper are:
Local storytellers group meet at the library
Book clubs at the library
children's events at the library
active Friends of the Library group
local history collection
development of an 'out-of-work' wiki
interloan scheme
Maori services librarian
displays and events to mark Waitangi Day, Matariki and other significant Maori events
staff tutored in Maori pronunciation
on-going development of website
looking at outsourcing book cataloguing and preparation
provide basic information literacy classes

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