Roll your own library-wide theme, for community-building and outreach

1 - Description: Last year, the University of Kentucky Libraries planned a number of campus activities around a common theme: Curiosity. The goals were to highlight the importance of curiosity in education and to provide opportunities for collaboration within the Libraries and between the Libraries and campus. For this workshop, we’ll describe our theme goals and activities, and lead participants through the process of developing ideas to host their own library-wide theme. Through small group discussion and sharing, participants will develop ideas on topics such as: What theme might work at your library? Which campus partners might collaborate with you? What kinds of activities might you develop?

2 - Session Style/Format: Hands-on workshop (but we are open to other suggestions!)

3 - Takeaways: Participants will leave with a planning document they develop during the workshop, with specific ideas for hosting a library-wide theme at their own institution.  

4 - Organization: We have a group (members of our theme planning group).

5 - Contact Information: Jennifer Hootman (jlhootman@uky.edu) and Beth Kraemer (kraemer@uky.edu)