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Many of the resources available in this summary and in the key resources below have come out of the Rural Library Sustainability Project and Project Continuum. Explore and contribute to the growing community of practice for rural libraries. Consider this your "sandbox" for playing with Outreach and please, add your own toys!

Resources for Exploring Outreach

• Outreach Brainstorm: Ideas about partnerships, programming, events, and marketing from your rural colleagues.
• Outreach and Populations Served: Includes resources for outreach to children, teens, older adults, Spanish speakers, and more!
• Marketing: Tips for outreach campaigns from across the WebJunction Community.
• Needs and Assets Assessment Resources: Effectively plan your outreach efforts beginning with community assessment.
• Management for Outreach: Specific to Spanish speakers but applicable to all types of outreach.

Action Planning for Outreach

• Action Planning Worksheet: From the Rural Library Sustainability Project Workshops.
• Outreach Action Plan Template
• Tools for Planning Webinar and Quick Links: Archive of rural webinar focused on action planning methods.

Online Learning for Outreach

• Keep It Simple: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Library (LibraryU)
• Developing Motivating Messages (LibraryU)
• Tools for Outreach: Archive of a rural webinar focused on Spanish Language Outreach methods and how they can be applied to serving all in your community.

What are your Tools for Outreach?

• Rural Outreach Discussions and Outreach Discussions across WebJunction
• Contribute to WebJunction by posting your ideas, methods, and templates.
• Email rural@webjunction.org