Connect & Communicate Series: Could Outreach Plans Save Us All?

Join CRD’s Connect & Communicate Series for a Webinar on
Could Outreach Plans Save Us All? Reassessing How Academic Libraries Engage with Campus Communities
Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 3:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M.

A 2022 survey of academic libraries (and a 2024 follow-up) attempted to gauge the status of library student outreach and engagement initiatives after COVID 19, and the adoption of outreach plans promoted in recent literature. Though the results showed that “outreach” is alive and well at academic libraries, there is still a lack of consensus around what outreach is, and the role it plays in our libraries. Even less common is the adoption of formal outreach plans for student programming. So, how might they assist library employees in measuring the impact of outreach endeavors beyond the ubiquitous “head count”? What unintended consequences might there be when prescribing outreach with a formalized plan? By presenting the survey results, and diving into the existing literature, presenters and attendees will explore ways that libraries tell the story of outreach to ourselves, and to our campus stakeholders.

Register at the following link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/40wufaEBRCGyAq_CEgZJpg 

Upon submitting your registration, you will receive an email confirmation that includes details about connecting to the webinar. This is the only notification you will receive. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please contact Elliott Rose at elliott.c.rose@gmail.com.

For this program, you will need speakers or headphones to hear the presenter. Participants are encouraged to ask questions via the chatbox; moderators will monitor the chatbox and facilitate question and response at the end of the panel discussion.Please continue to share your ideas for programming topics, speakers, or formats with us! If you or someone you know is doing something great in Pennsylvania’s academic libraries, tell us about it! The Connect & Communicate Series of online programming offered by the PaLA College & Research Division aims to help foster a community of academic librarians in Pennsylvania. Please contact Elliott Rose at elliott.c.rose@gmail.com with questions.