I hope everyone is safe and well, also hope you had a good summer break.
We have a few updates for colleagues and hope you find them interesting and useful.
Re-opening Case Study from Charmouth Community Library
Charmouth Community Library in Dorset opened on 20 July 2020. The attached case study share their experiences and some of the lessons learnt since they reopened.
We also have a short reopening update from Greenhill Community Library in Sheffield, see below:
Greenhill Community Library recently organised a Scarecrow Festival which ran through the first half of August. People were asked to make a character from a book and most of the 33 entries complied. Voting (via an on-line form) drew 250 responses with those characters with appeal to young children, notably “Where’s Wally” and “Peppa Pig” being favourites. Organiser Chris Brown commented “It was great to see so many young families out and about, clutching their scarecrow locator maps, and being excited by each new discovery. There seems to be quite an appetite for something different, outdoor, and socially distanced to do after the confines of lockdown and on-screen entertainment.” The library has also organised a “story walk” (with a child’s book distributed page-by-page on storyboards throughout the village) and a couple of storytelling sessions on the library’s large front lawn. You can find lots of pictures on their web site at https://greenhill-library.org/scarecrow
The National Rural Touring Forum October 2020 Conference
Please see the below for some info on a conference from the National Rural Touring Forum. This e-conference is dedicated to libraries and rural touring (13th October) and may be of interest to CMLs in rural locations. Visit the NRTF WEBSITE for further information.
Shared Learning and Networking Events
We will be publicising a full list of networking and learning events for the remainder of the calender year after 25th of September 2020.
In the meantime, please note 3 learning events coming up soon, these are part of Archibald Corbett Community Library’s Public Space Management course now open to CMLs. The dates will be available on Eventbrite on Friday 18th.
4th November Fundraising and Income Generation (supported by Sean from the Arts Council)
11 November Marketing and Communication Sam Brown
18 November Making an Impact Sam Brown
Take care all.
Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network 