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Using Cooperative Efforts Between the African American Church and Local Public Libraries Tc Expand the Use of Library Services by African Americans DOCUMENT RESUME ED 368 380 IR 054 949 AUTHOR Rodgers, Frederick A.; Innes, Elizabeth A. TITLE Using Cooperative Efforts between the African American Church and Local Public Libraries Tc Expand the Use of Library Services by African Americans. Final Report. INSTITUTION Illinois State Library, Springfield. SPONS AGENCY Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Library Programs. PUB DATE 11 Sep 92 NOTE 190p. PUB TYPE Reference Materials Directories/Catalogs (132) Reports Evaluative/Feasibility (142) -- Tests /Evaluation Instruments (160) EURS PRICE MFO1 /PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Access to Information; Adolescents; *Black Community; Black Institutions; *Black Youth; Children; Childrens Libraries; *Church Role; Elementary Secondary Education; *Institutional Cooperation; Interviews; Librarians; Library Collection Development; Library Collections; Library Role; *Library Services; *Public Libraries; Questionnaires; Tables (Data); User Needs (Information); Users (Information) IDENTIFIERS *African Americans; Illinois ABSTRACT The African American church has a long history of service to its community. The church in African American life has always served as a source of support, learning, information, and improvement for its members and the community it serves. This project directed its resources and energies toward developing meaningful and effective strategies for working with African American churches to encourage their youth to make better and more extensive use of library services. Topics covered in this document are: an overview of the participants of the project; techniques used to increase communications between the two institutions; an examination of the African American collections at each library; an evaluation of materials purchased by the project; a list of recommended materials for a well-rounded African American collecti a; descriptions of the project's programs; evaluation of the programs; the questionnaires used in the project; the librarian interviews; the project director's evaluation; conclusions; and the recommendations and products of the project. The appendices include management profiles of the project libraries; a directory of the churches; Urban School Improvement Project church survey documents; library and church newsletters; selected African American publishers; the evaluation questionnaire; and a list of selected children's books and authors. °LB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** :6 1§ g iit Ca V zgi 11 i 27 g g RaRz g 2a 8 ! i +48/j ilf,an 2 i il 0 $ CU i p 12ip .. a i g St 2 2 n I 1 tl)WT., li,:g g I :5 M E fil fi) A .14ii A gin. -asi ,-1 0 '4,' 0 .2EE 4 04 0 2 4grig t r8 LI, ea 1,s0 0 ... N. ... VU .--. :.. -..... ... .... $3) ,, ..... .............. ;L..... .- . ....':.... ....".......- .... : ::... r .."- - S -. ...z -- - 7 tll -,.. ........ ....... :tr" ......... CU OPN 4 Or . ::.... :4 .2f .7. I* 7* ..0%.: :::. 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I 1.111111;::..1 1 Nisi I..II III liilill IPlillita 1111;11 .III I :It Iadlilli11 I li11;11 j I11" iII11911 11111111.14111111111111111111111 11111111"1 1..s.ail ' ',., 11 Il !fraii milli;Thl%1111 .1i ill:rdVigi".1111111111ill III. mmHg 1111111 ilium, HIPalimmilithirnimmiiimhiodimmummin1IIminimum, 3 II Dedication This book is dedicated to all librarians everywhere who are striving to meet the needs of all the citizens in their commu- nities, to those individual librarians who worked so selflessly and tirelessly to make this project a success, and to young people everywhere, both those who love to read, and those who have yet to experience the joy of reading for themselves. 4 Acknowledgments I would like to say "thank you" to the library directors and staff of each of the project libraries, The East St. Louis Public Li- brary, The Kankakee Public Library, Lincoln Library, and The Urbana Free Library, for all their contributionsin time, energy, paperwork, and research. They contributed immensely, by compil- ing data, creating and carrying out of programs, and responding with their personal evaluation of the project. My special thanks goes to Fred Schlipf, the director of The Urbana Free Library who was a fellow-collaborator during the brain-storming sessions which resulted in this project, and to Debra Booth, Pamela Cash, Classie Murray, and Michael Furl, who ea -h bore the brunt of the responsi- bility for their respective libraries. I would also like to say "thanks" to all the members of the African American churches, from the pastors and support staff down to the young people for whom this project was created. Lastly, I want to express my appreciation to my research assistants, Phillip DeRuntz and Marsha Woodbury, for their help; to USIP consultant James Rodgers, who did much of the legwork in developing relationships with the African American churches in Champaign-Urbana; and to Betsy Ernes, my secretary, who did a little bit of everything. 5 Iv Table of Contents Dedication ill Acknowledgments Iv The Appendices vii List of Tables, Charts, and Graphics viii Introduction Ix Chapter 1: The Participants 01 The Communities Served 01 Background and Context 02 The Libraries 05 Statistical Profiles of Project Libraries 06 The Library Systems 07 The Urban School Improvement Project 08 Whi.t is US1P9 11 The African American Church 12 Chapter 2: Communications 14 Meetings and Tours 14 Newsletters 15 Existing Public Relations 15 Chapter 3: The African American Collections 16 The Evaluation of Already-Existing Materials 16 Soliciting Suggestions 16 Publishing Companies and Book Distributors 17 The Philosophies: Why They Ordered What They Did 17 Matched Acquisitions 19 Chapter 4: An Evaluation of the Materials Purchased 23 What The Libraries Bought 23 A Comparison:Blackboard's 50 Best Books 24 Chapter 5: Selected Recommendations 27 The List of Selected Titles 27 Reference Books 29 Authors 29 Children's Selections 30 Juvenile Authors 30 Children's Reference Books 30 Chapter 6: The Programs 32 Luncheon Tour at The Urbana Free Library 32 Martin Luther King Day 34 tl Table of Contents (Continued) African American History Month 34 The Urbana Free Library Teen Night/Pizza Party/Video Taping 35 Lincoln Library Teen Night 35 T-Shirt Give-Away at The Urbana Free Library 35 Lincoln Library Youth Evening 36 Kankakee Public Library Open House, Tour 36 Chapter 7: The Program Evaluation 37 Circulation Statistics 37 Analysis of Tract 51 & Tract 53 39 Champaign Public Library Usage 43 The Douglass Branch Library 44 Chapter 8: The Questionnaires 46 Library Staff Evaluation 46 Youth Group Surveys 53 Pastors/Youth Leaders'/Church Members' Surveys 53 Chapter 9: The Librarian Interviews 55 Debra Booth, Assistant Director of The Urbana Free Library 55 Classie Murray, Reference Librarian at Lincoln Library 57 Carl Vo Ikmar 4 Director of Lincoln Library 58 Fred Schlipf, Director of The Urbana Free Library 59 Michael Furl, Director of The Kankakee Public Library 61 Dr. Ram Chauhan, Director of the East St. Louis Public Library 61 Chapter 10: The Project Director's Evaluation 63 The African American Churches 63 The AfricanAmerican Collections 64 Miscellaneous 65 Evaluation of the Materials Purchased 66 Student Survey 67 Chapter 11: The Secretary's Section 68 The Proof of the Pudding: People Thank You 69 Ask 69 Questionnaires 70 In Conclusion 70 Chapter 12: The Conclusions 71 Chapter 13: The Recommendations and the Products 73 The Recommendations 73 The Project Products .. 75 7 vl The Appendices Appendix A. Management Profiles of Project Libraries 76 AppendixB:The African American Church Directories 89 Appendix C: USIP Church Survey Documents 106 Black Church Profile 107 Library /Church Survey 109 Library Materials Suggestions List 110 Appendix D: library/Church Newsletters 111 November Issue 112 December Issue 114 January Issue 118 February Issue 121 March Issue 123 June Issue 127 Appendix E: Selected African American Publishers 129 Appendix F: Library Acquisitions 131 The East S t. Louis Public Library 132 Kankakee Public Library 136 Lincoln Library 142 The Urbana Free Library 145 Appendix G: The Urbana Free Library Census Tract Data 149 Census Tract 51 150 Census Tract 52 151 Census Tract 53 152 Census Tract 54 153 Census Tract 55 154 Census Tract 56 155 Census Tract 57 156 Census Tract 58 157 Census Tract 59 158 Census Tract 60 159 Appendix It The Evaluation Questionnaires 160 Librarian Questionnaire 161 Church Questionnaire 163 Youth Leader Questionnaire 165 Youth Group Questionnaire 166
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