Research Catalog

Title

Serving grandfamilies in libraries : a handbook and programming guide / Sarah Gough, Pat Feehan, Denise R. Lyons.

Author

Gough, Sarah, 1984-

Publication

Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2014

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Details

Additional Authors

• Feehan, Patricia E.
• Lyons, Denise, 1970-

Description

xiv, 147 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Gough, Feehan, and Lyons have taken everything learned from their research on developing GrandFamily Resource Collections and leading grandfamily programming in several states and put it in this easy to use guide. They share the successes and failures of existing programs so other librarians can hit the ground running rather than trudge through a time-consuming and costly period of trial-and-error. It's a lot more efficient to learn from someone else's mistakes than to make your own. The target population, grandfamilies, and most specifically, grandparents raising grandchildren have become a statistically-significant group worthy of attention in many communities but library practitioners may not have explored further due to a lack of resources and money. Special features include: *List of Web resources (government agencies, support groups, etc.) *List of grants and funding opportunities *Sample grant applications *List of possible community partners for the library *Sample surveys or some tactic for getting to know the needs of one's target population *Sample marketing plans *Sample promotional materials *Sample activity sheets *Sample release forms, etc. With this practical and comprehensive guide, your library will be ready to jumpstart or easily expand a stellar program for the grandfamilies in your community.

Subject

• Libraries and families > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Libraries and caregivers > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Grandparents as parents > Services for > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Libraries > Activity programs > United States > Case studies
• Grandparent and child > United States

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Handbooks and manuals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Grandfamilies : understanding the issue -- Benefits of having a grandfamily resource center -- Challenges of developing a grandfamily resource center -- D-I-Y -- Model programs -- Parting words -- Appendix A. Grandfamily resource center bibliography : resources for grandfamilies -- Appendix B. Planning & curriculum resources -- Appendix C. Online resources -- Appendix D. Promotion and publicity resources.

ISBN

• 9780810887633 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0810887630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780810887640 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2013031582

OCLC

861273830

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library