Using community ‘influencers’ to spread the message about book browsing, borrowing and chatting: “I don’t know why we didn’t do this before!”

Carter, Jane

Abstract

This article reports on a collaborative project between a school, the University of the West of England and Community Researchers seeking to reach into the community to encourage family engagement with the school library through the use of school and community ‘influencers’ to spread messages about reading and the school’s hub library. The project aimed to increase the number of 'harder to reach' families who engaged with reading through the school library by using 'community influencers' to influence family reading behaviours.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 1, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Sep 16, 2022
• Publication Date: Sep 16, 2022
• Deposit Date: Sep 20, 2022
• Journal: UKLA English 4 to 11
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 76
• Pages: 6 - 9
• Series ISSN: 14605945
• Keywords: reading; school library; influencers
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9995506
• Publisher URL: https://ukla.org/publications/english-4-11-magazine/
• Additional Information: English 4-11 is published by the UKLA and the English Association and is only available to members