The Library Ambassador program is picking up pace, with pilot projects underway around Australia. We have a couple of gaps in the Northern Territory and Tasmania, so if anyone from these parts would like to participate, please get in touch (sue.mckerracher@alia.org.au).
The pilots include State-wide initiatives, for example LocLib, on behalf of the whole of Western Australia, through to small rural branch libraries. However, the size of the library service need in no way temper its ambition. Sporting heroes, media personalities, top authors and film stars all feature on libraries’ wish-lists and often with good reason. Why do autograph hunters hang around outside smart restaurants in the cold, when they could sit in a warm library, curled up with a good book, waiting for their favourite star of stage and screen to appear with their kids for the storytime session?
Of course, it’s one thing to send out the invitation to potential Library Ambassadors and another for them to say ‘yes’, but we’re confident that we will have a few famous faces in place in time for the Public Libraries Summit.
We will be updating the ambassador page of the website on a regular basis, so if you are doing your own thing outside the pilot projects, please let us know and we will add your details.
Sue McKerracher, project officer, Library Ambassador program