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<h1><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Outreach Programs in Rural Communities: Simple Steps for Surprising Results
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<p><span class="text-pageintro"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A webinar with the PEARL Project, designed to enhance the role of the public library in rural areas through community partnerships and outreach plans.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The <a href="http://pearl.unt.edu/pearl-0" target="_blank">
PEARL</a> (Promoting and Enhancing the Advancement of Rural Libraries) Project has been successful in helping Texas rural librarians reach out to groups and organizations in their communities and to raise visibility of and appreciation for their libraries.
Community outreach plans, designed to identify and fill a need in the community, are at the heart of this unique model. The process is supported by an actionable template which leads participants from community assessment, through strategic planning, to implementation,
and concludes with evaluating outcomes. This webinar, co-sponsored with WebJunction and the
<a href="http://arsl.info/" target="_blank">Association for Rural & Small Libraries</a>, will explore the outstanding results achieved by participants in the PEARL project and share how community outreach plans have led to unexpected outcomes and some surprising
results.<br>
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Presented by: <b>Barbara Blake</b>, Outreach Coordinator for the PEARL Project, University of North Texas; and
<b>Louise W. Greene</b>, Association for Rural and Small Libraries, Board Member, and PEARL Mentor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Start time</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">: 11:00a Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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here</a> and complete information is available here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/Outreach_Programs_in_Rural_Communities.html">http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/Outreach_Programs_in_Rural_Communities.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Darci<o:p></o:p></p>
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Darci Hanning * Technology Development Consultant * Library Development Services<br>
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<br>
503-378-2527 <a href="mailto:darci.hanning@state.or.us" title="blocked::mailto:darci.hanning@state.or.us">
<span style="color:blue">darci.hanning@state.or.us</span></a> <br>
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