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Outreach Services:
Connecting the OU Community to Kresge Library
The goal of library outreach services is to have a positive influence on the academic careers of students by increasing their exposure to the library and representing librarians as approachable and responsive to their needs. In an effort to accomplish this, we strive to further interactions with a diverse student population and focus on a variety of multicultural and gender/sexuality centered initiatives. In addition we actively seek opportunities to foster connections and partnerships with various campus departments, faculty members, and the outside community. For more information about our Outreach Services program, contact the library's Outreach Services Librarian, Anne Switzer.
Outreach services focuses on encouraging communication related to topical issues. The library often hosts panel discussions, inviting members of the faculty, student body, university staff and community members to promote an open dialog.

Outreach Programs and Initiatives:

  • GLBT Book Club
  • Circle of Sisterhood Book Club
  • Alumni Association Literature to Film Book Club
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Program
  • GLBT Awareness Program
  • WIN-TV Partnership and Resource Support
  • Panel Discussion: Remembering Rosa Parks
  • Educational Web Pages utilizing library resources to support and promote campus and national events related to diversity issues

Upcoming Events and Initiatives

  • Panel Discussion: The Responsibility of the Media a Democratic Society.
  • Panel Discussion: Reading, writing and politics- The literacy issue in Detroit. According to The National Institute for Adult Literacy, 47% of Detroit adults read at a level one category (they could pick out brief facts in a newspaper article, but could not draft a letter)
  • Panel Discussion: Violence against women.
  • Panel Discussion: Intra-racial issues- Colorism in American Society.
  • Poetry Reading by a nationally renowned poet (TBD)

Created on 12/12/06 by 11/18/05 by Anne Switzer / Last updated on 2/4/13 by Anne Switzer
Oakland University

Oakland University, Kresge Library
2200 N Squirrel Rd., Rochester, MI 48309
(248) 370 - 4426
 

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