What can you do in your library to increase physical activity in
your community? My research shows that 36 public libraries across Indiana already get their communities moving with everything from Tai Chi in the Park (Adams Public Library System) to Yoga Storytime (Putnam County Public Library) being offered regularly throughout the state. And there are other ways to get people moving beyond having programs like these. The Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library checks out pickleball sets and at least eight Indiana libraries regularly do StoryWalk programs at local parks. Attend this webinar to learn how, no matter your size or budget, you can do something to support physical activity. Using examples from Indiana libraries, and from around the world, this webinar will provide you with proven strategies you can use to develop new programs, services, and spaces at your library.

The webinar will be organized around seven strategies public libraries commonly use to get people moving:

1) Incorporating physical activity into existing programs (e.g. Yoga Storytimes);

2) Getting patrons active outdoors (e.g. library gardens)

3) Developing new collections (e.g. sports equipment)

4) Developing new spaces (e.g. read and ride stationary bikes)

5) Offering fitness and movement classes (e.g. Yoga and Couch-to-5K programs)

6) Doing it for FUN! (e.g. after-hours NERF capture the flag)

7) Being a model for others (e.g. Book Bikes and staying active at any age and size)

The webinar will conclude by discussing how you can do these things (and more!) by leveraging community partnerships. The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services calls upon libraries to become “Community Catalysts” and “transform how they collaborate with their communities” through partnerships. Learn how you can form and sustain community partnerships to do new things in your community to get people moving. Ample time will be available for Q&A, and Dr. Lenstra is also available for follow-up discussion.

Presenter Bio:

Dr. Noah Lenstra, MLIS is an assistant professor of Library and Information Studies at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and the founder and director of Let’s Move in Libraries, an international initiative to get people of all ages and abilities moving in public libraries. He blogs monthly for the ALA Public Programs Office and is a member of the PLA Promoting Healthy Communities Advisory Group. His research on these topics has been published in Library Quarterly, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, Journal of Library Administration, and Public Library Quarterly. He has presented on movement in libraries at the Association for Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL), the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA), the Azalea Coast Library Association, the Metrolina Library Association, the Atlantic Provinces Library Association, and at the Nebraska State Library’s Big Talk from Small Libraries online conference. He received his PhD in Library and Information Science in 2016 from the University of Illinois. He wrote the Forward for the recently published (May 2018) handbook Get Your Community Moving: Physical Literacy Programs for All Ages, written by library director Jenn Carson, and published by ALA Editions. Let’s Move in Libraries is a partner organization in the National Institute on Aging’s Go4Life initiative, and Lenstra is an Affiliated Faculty Member in the UNCG Gerontology Department. He has run three marathons and hopes to keep running for the rest of his life. Get involved and get moving at http://letsmovelibraries.org/. 

(No need to travel to the Indiana State Library, you can attend from the comfort of your own library!)

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