https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com What's happening to your library? Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/users/guest-posts/a-home-for-the-homeless-rachael-rivera-and-the-auckland-library-streeties#comment-11032 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 02:20:38 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?page_id=13018#comment-11032 What a powerful story. Ian, thanks for sharing on the site & Rachel, thanks for agreeing to share the information about the program. Your comment about co-designing programs is so true. In my experience, respectfully reaching out, including other agencies and co-designing programs with the intended participants is almost fail-safe in getting great outcomes for all – not the least being the library itself. And as you indicate it builds momentum and connections and support from others. Again – thanks for sharing – inspirational

]]> https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/users/guest-posts/a-home-for-the-homeless-rachael-rivera-and-the-auckland-library-streeties#comment-10999 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:38:24 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?page_id=13018#comment-10999 We did something similar at Melbourne Library Service several years back when through chatting with the homeless we realised that they had no access to watching DVDs. So we created a small viewing room that could be booked for 2 hour sessions. The users simply grabbed a DVD from the collection and went in a watched. The room was almost 100% fully utilised. So I can see why film nights are such a big hit. Well done.

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