Library's Community Workshop Series Wins Award
A recent Community Workshop Series
class at Chapel Hill Public Library
The Community Workshop Series, developed and managed by UNC's University Library, won the 2007 Instruction Section Innovation Award from the Association of College and Research Libraries, the association announced Feb. 9.
The workshops bring trained instructors to local public libraries, where they provide free classes to community residents. The Chapel Hill Public Library, the Carrboro Cybrary, the Carrboro Branch of the Orange County Public Library, and the Durham County Public Library are partners in the program.
Classes range from introductory computer and internet skills to advanced topics such as evaluating health information, job searching on the Internet, and writing a resume. Some classes are offered in Spanish. The instructors, all volunteers, include UNC librarians and graduate students from UNC's School of Information and Library Science. The workshop series is also a partner with UNC's APPLES Service Learning program.
Since the program began in March 2005, the Community Workshop Series has offered 270 classes (22 in Spanish), reaching 1,622 participants and involving 60 instructors.
A prize of $3,000 and a plaque will be presented to the library during the 2007 American Library Association Annual Conference in Washington D.C. on June 24, 2007
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