1. By
Ruán Ó hÓgáin
08103593

2. Concept of Project
 The Group Project in Question was “Community
Engagement in Public Libraries”. It consisted of:
 Introducing schemes to create more understanding towards
different members of the community. Such as old age
pensioners and members of the travelling community.
 Organising facilities for community meetings and gatherings.
e.g. Book clubs, resident association meetings and workshops
for adolescents.
 Providing relevant information to the community with regard
to upcoming events.
 Recruiting volunteers on a part time basis to help organise
events in a library.

3. My Particular Task
 My task consisted of conducting a few questions that
were relatable to the topic.
 In this case it was a questionnaire whereby the
audience could give their opinion and express their
feelings via open questions on the topic of
“Community engagement in Public Libraries”.

4. Problems I encountered within the Group
Project
 Arranging meetings that did not cut across my time or
the time of my fellow members.
 Finding relevant information on community
engagement in libraries that were concise. (some
online journals consisted of 121 pages)
 Finding appropriate class tasks for the audience i.e.
Participatory questionaires.

5. How Problems Were Resolved
 I viewed my emails in advance and if a meeting cut
across a time that I was busy I would email back with a
suggested time that would be more suitable.
 I looked through many sites on community
engagement in public libraries for the most
appropriate sources and those that were concise.
Found a wonderful site with the MLA (Museums
Libraries and Archives) site
 I viewed the appendices on a site my colleague Neil
Kettles gave me and found appropriate questions from
that area.

6. What I learned from the
Experience
 I learnt a lot about community engagement in Public
Libraries, such as:
 How libraries promote integration and social tolerance.
 How libraries assist and facilitate different groups in society
such as residents associations and book club meetings.
 How libraries organise and promote public events with regard
to poetry readings and festivals.
 How libraries recruit volunteers for organising stock and
events that are promoted by the library.

7. Thank You