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Dr. Noah Lenstra

University of North Carolina At Greensboro - Greensboro, NC

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Cultivating the Relationship-Driven Library

Posted By Noah Lenstra Feb 21, 2023 12:22 PM
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You're invited to Cultivating the Relationship-Driven Library, a free, online event taking place during Thursdays in April.  During the month of April, Let's Move in Libraries will host a series of conversations on community collaboration and community health. Each conversation features 2-4 librarians ...

Register for a two-part webinar series: Healthy People 2030 and the Role of Public Libraries in Promoting Health and Health Equity

Posted By Noah Lenstra Sep 24, 2022 09:47 AM
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Health Literacy Month Webinar Mini-SeriesPartners in Public Health: Healthy People 2030 and the Role of Public Libraries in Promoting Health and Health Equity Save the date for two webinars this October in honor of Health Literacy Month! Registration is free and open to the public, but you must ...

Dreaming big about the future of public libraries in Little Rock, Arkansas

Posted By Noah Lenstra Nov 01, 2021 07:43 PM
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"I can envision a time when [Central Arkansas Library System] is offering an even more ambitious range of community-based services. When our branches host year-round enrichment programs for kids, like afterschool programs and spring break and summer camps. (We'll be piloting a few such camps at four ...

Survey request: Public libraries, Outdoor, Summer 2021

Posted By Noah Lenstra Sep 02, 2021 07:48 AM
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Did you move your summer programs outdoors this year at your public library? Did you offer any self-directed programs that encouraged patrons to engage with nature? If so, we invite you to complete our short survey about this programming. Your responses will be used to demonstrate how libraries are continuing ...

Survey request: Public libraries, Outdoor, Summer 2021

Posted By Noah Lenstra Sep 02, 2021 07:48 AM
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Did you move your summer programs outdoors this year at your public library? Did you offer any self-directed programs that encouraged patrons to engage with nature? If so, we invite you to complete our short survey about this programming. Your responses will be used to demonstrate how libraries are continuing ...

Celebrating Earth Day at the Library

Posted By Noah Lenstra Apr 22, 2021 01:06 PM
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Here's what I found in today's news. How have you been celebrating Earth Day? Student creates story of wild N. Idaho to celebrate Earth Day But the best part of the new Storywalk at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library is that it's all about the natural world found right here in North Idaho, presented ...

Libraries & Community Gardens

Posted By Noah Lenstra Mar 17, 2021 12:29 PM
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The trend sweeping the country right now. Here are two examples from today's news. How does this look where you live? Would love to know! Oklahoma Checotah library offers community garden spots By Cathy Spaulding cspaulding@muskogeephoenix.com 10 hrs ago https://www.muskogeephoenix.com ...

RE: Libraries in Mixed Use Developments

Posted By Noah Lenstra Nov 22, 2019 06:11 AM
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Hi Julia, This is one of my favorite topics! Here are some of my favorite recent examples: South Carolina - "The Cane Bay YMCA, which opened last month, signed a 20-year agreement with the Berkeley County Public Library System to operate the literary addition. The library is also the only one in ...

Creating Access for Violence Survivors (CAVS) program wins award in Indiana

Posted By Noah Lenstra Nov 05, 2019 06:44 AM
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Shannon Bowman-Sarkisian was selected as the winner of the Indiana Library Federation (ILF) 2019 Outstanding Library Staff Award for her work on increasing Library access for domestic violence survivors.  Shannon was awarded the Friends of the Library Pioneer Grant in February , which she used to ...

Social Work in the Academic Library

Posted By Noah Lenstra Oct 11, 2019 01:05 PM
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I just wanted to highlight that over the last few weeks there has been a fascinating conversation about social work services in academic libraries. It's fascinating to see that these conversations are occurring in academic as well as in public libraries. For example, this new blog post on the Association ...