Jessica -
My library in West Virginia used the Little Free Library movement as a community building and outreach tool. Members of the community built little libraries and donated them to the library. We displayed them in an art contest and then installed them throughout the county as outreach for the library. It was a wonderful experience, and they are being used with great enthusiasm! I think the positive press and raised profile for the library in the community will have a far-reaching effect on public support and use of the public library, and there has been no drop in circulation as a result, so far.
Hope Nobel
Director
Tamarack District Library
Lakeview, MI
On Friday, February 13, 2015 12:37 PM, Scott Morey <smorey@tadl.org> wrote:
Jessica,
We have been big supporters of the Little Libraries in our community in Grand Traverse County. We sponsored the construction of the first one and also donated books. Since then we have worked with Boy Scout groups to deploy several others and various other community organizations and private individuals have erected their own. These Little Libraries have not had any major effect on our donation levels or circulation and the publicity has been excellent. We have a variety of resources on our website if you want to learn more:
Cheers,