Adult Services
- Adult Services Resources: Program Ideas for Adults, Professional Resources & Blogs, Book & Media Lists & Reviews
- The Inclusive Library: Resources for Outreach to Under Served Populations
- Save the Date
- Adult Programming in WVLS Libraries
To suggest additions, please email Inese Christman at ichristman@wvls.org.
Adult Services Resources
Programming ideas, blogs, professional associations, professional guidelines and more!
Book & Media Lists & Reviews
- Book Page: Reviews, Interviews, Lists
- Good Reads: Reviews, personalized reader profile
- Kirkus: Bestsellers and reviews
- National Public Radio Book Reviews: Blog
- New York Times Book Lists
- Novel List Plus: See V-Cat Enhanced Catalog
- Oprah’s Book Club
Professional Resources & Blogs
- American Library Association
- Learn more about adult library services as well as programming and exhibitions for the adutl community.
- American Libraries Magazine
- Library Journal
- Programming Librarian: Adult Programming
- Public Library Association
- Programming & Instruction, Community Engagment & Outreach. Increase your community engagemetn and outreach. Learn how ot identify and work with community groups.
- Public Libraries Online: Public Library Association Resources
Program Ideas for Adults
- American Library Association: Resources, classic adult library services and programs
- Annual Events and Celebration Days
- Author Readings
- Book Clubs and Groups
- Classes: computers, crafting, art, music, languages, writing, internet, genealogy, health, personal finance, law and more.
- Clubs: knitting, quilting, storytelling, crafting
- ESL programs through collaboration with the school district or adult resource center.
- Film Screenings
- Genealogy
- Badgerlink: Resources
- Genealogy
- Newspapers
- Resources on : Auto Repair, Business, Job Search, Computers, Government, Health, History, Literature, Science and Technology.
- Primary Resources
- Magazines
- And more!
- Badgerlink: Resources
- Infopeople:
- Job Search and Career Programs: resumes, mock interviews, application tips…
- Literacy
- Monthly Bingo and Board Games
- Memory Clubs
- Older Americans Month – May 2017
- Programming Librarian: “Oldies but Goodies: Spiffing Up Existing Programs for Older Adults”
- NPA: Older Americans Month
- Pinterest: Programming Ideas
- Programming Librarian: Adult Programming
- Public Libraries Online: Blog
- Summer Reading Programs for Adults: Infopeople Webinar
The Inclusive Library:
Resources for Outreach to Under Served Populations
Please see WI Department of Instruction resources on Youth and Inclusive Services where you can also find contact information for Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, the WI Public Library Youth and Inclusive Services Consultant.
What Does It Mean to Be Inclusive?: A Statement From the Division of Libraries and Technology, May 25, 2017.
- Adult New and Non-Readers
- Bookmobile Communities
- Family Services Resources
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender People
- Incarcerated People and Ex-Offenders
- Older Adults
- People of Color
- The Wisconsin Senior Guide
- People with Disabilities
- Accessibility of Library Spaces and Services (WI DPI) Webinar
- Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Wisconsin Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (WESP-DHH)
- Wisconsin Talking Book and Braille Library (WTBBL)
- Best Practices for Serving Special Populations (WI DPI/DLT)
- Poor and Homeless People
- Families with Young Children Experiencing or At Risk of Homelessness
- Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds
- Making your Marketing Work for Special Populations (ALSC Blog)
Save the Date
- National Library Week Apr 9-15
- Older Americans Month– May 2017
Adult Programming in WVLS Libraries
Click on the image below for more pictures from adult programs in WVLS member libraries.
Wisconsin Valley Library Service
300 N 1st Street
Wausau, WI 54403
715-261-7250