Activities

Why Library People?

• An estimated 20% of adults have low literacy skills.
• Children need support to gain the skills they need to read well and enjoy it.
• Some recent studies show leisure reading is on the decline.
• Library budgets are often the first to be cut during economic downturns.

Library People:

• Provides an avenue for involving individuals, corporations and foundations in library and literacy issues.
•  Increases community outreach and involvement, resulting in advocacy and visibility on behalf of libraries of all types statewide.
• Supports the establishment and growth of local Friends groups as well as other development and technical assistance.

Current interests for which we’re recruiting volunteers include:

• Website:  design site, update, develop content
• Friends network:  develop content, write E-flashes, encourage involvement
• Authors appearances:  create new program through which authors, especially Colorado writers, can make presentations at libraries
• Fund raising:  write grants, cultivate donors, craft a group and individual affiliation program
• Outreach:  expand opportunities for involvement by the public in activities like events, publications, and so forth

Library People began a new phase in its existence in 2005, by recruiting Board members, initiating special projects, and developing ties to local library staff and local Friends groups.

Colorado deserves a statewide library group. A love of reading isn’t limited by political or geographic boundaries.  The services of libraries are a constant of our society.

• If you care about all of Colorado's libraries--public, school, academic and special. . .
• If you, like some two-thirds of our state's residents, are a Colorado library user. . .
• If you have a personal commitment to libraries. . .

For additional information or to contribute to the Library People of Colorado Advocacy Alert Center, contact LibraryPeopleColorado@yahoo.com, 303-394-3710.