[PL-Directors] FW: Does Your Library Provide Outreach Services?

Thu Aug 17 10:22:12 PDT 2023

Hello all,
ABOS (Association of Bookmobiles and Outreach Services) is conducting a survey about public library outreach efforts that will augment what we already collect about bookmobiles for the national Public Library Survey.
This survey is inclusive of many different outreach categories, including books-by-mail, homebound services, etc. - not just bookmobile service - so please consider responding if you have time and interest. Details and survey link below.
Cheers,

Ross Fuqua, MA, MLIS (he/him)
Data & Digital Projects Consultant
State Library of Oregon
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From: Public Library Association <pla at ala.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 9:01 AM
To: FUQUA Ross * SLO <ross.fuqua at slo.oregon.gov>
Subject: Does Your Library Provide Outreach Services?

ABOS Needs Your Input!

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Does your library provide outreach services to patrons? The Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services<http://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTE5MjA1NiZwPTEmdT0xMTY3Njk0OTE3JmxpPTEwMzc5NzE3Mg/index.html> (ABOS) needs your input! In collaboration with the Public Library Association (PLA) and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), ABOS is conducting a survey focused on library and outreach services, homebound services, outreach by mail, early literacy outreach, and other community services.

ABOS is collecting information about each of these topics to augment the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Public Library Survey (PLS). The data they collect will be shared in PLA Benchmark<http://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTE5MjA1NiZwPTEmdT0xMTY3Njk0OTE3JmxpPTEwMzc5NzE3Mw/index.html> and through an IMLS-funded study at ICPSR<http://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTE5MjA1NiZwPTEmdT0xMTY3Njk0OTE3JmxpPTEwMzc5NzE3NA/index.html>.

Please consider contributing a response for your public library (administrative entity). The person who responds from your library should be: 1) your designated point-of-contact for annual data collection, or 2) a library administrator positioned to answer questions about bookmobile and outreach services. The survey has a maximum of 44 questions, but not all may apply to your library. Before starting the survey, you can review a PDF with the questions<http://americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xMTE5MjA1NiZwPTEmdT0xMTY3Njk0OTE3JmxpPTEwMzc5NzE3NQ/index.html>.

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If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Cathy Zimmerman, ABOS Executive Director, at ExecDir at abos-outreach.com<mailto:ExecDir at abos-outreach.com>.

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