From researcher Noah Lenstra:
“Thank you for earlier this year completing the survey on Movement-Based Programs in Public Libraries, or for expressing interest in this project.
I am emailing to invite you to participate in a free, one hour webinar open to all on June 7, 2017, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, during which the preliminary results from this survey will be shared. Please share this announcement widely. All are welcome to participate.”
Follow this link to register for the webinar:
Register for the webinar
Event: Webinar on Let’s Move in Libraries: Movement-Based Programs in Public Libraries
Event Description: More and more libraries are offering programs and services that get people of all ages up and moving. This one-hour webinar reports the preliminary findings from the first survey of movement-based programming in U.S. and Canadian public libraries. Staff from 1622 public libraries completed this survey. The outline for this webinar is:
1) Background on this project (5 minutes) – Physical literacy, movement and cognition, the library as place, and community engagement.
2) Findings, Pt. 1 (15 minutes) – What types of movement-based programs are most common? What variations exist across regions, and among different types of service areas (urban versus suburban versus town versus rural)?
3) Findings, pt. 2 (15 minutes) – What outcomes does this programming produce? What challenges do librarians face starting and sustaining this type of programming?
4) Discussion, next steps, question and answer (25 minutes) – Where do we go from here? As a profession? In our libraries?
Please join this conversation.
When: Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (12 p.m. CT/11 a.m. MT/10 a.m. PT)
Where: This webinar will be hosted in WebEX. Please register in advance by clicking here.
More information: For more information on this project, please visit letsmovelibraries.org.
Contact information: This webinar is being led by Dr. Noah Lenstra, Assistant Professor of Library and Information Studies at the University of North Carolina – Greensboro. Email address: njlenstr@uncg.edu.
I also wanted to let you know that the “resources” section of the project website has been substantially re-designed. I invite you to take a look and to provide feedback.
Noah Lenstra
Assistant Professor
Library and Information Studies
University of North Carolina Greensboro