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Newnan Carnegie Library's Armchair Travelers program on Poland

Newnan Carnegie Library's Armchair Travelers program on Poland

Newnan Carnegie Library's Armchair Travelers program on South Africa

Newnan Carnegie Library's Armchair Travelers program on South Africa

Newnan Carnegie Library's Armchair Travelers program on Scotland

Newnan Carnegie Library's Armchair Travelers program on Scotland

Be an Armchair Traveler

Angela Hanshaw | August 19, 2010

I’ve been feeling the travel bug lately, but lack of time and money means I’ll be puting my dream vacation off, at least for a while. If I lived near Newnan, Georgia, however, I could travel vicariously through Newnan Carnegie Library’s Armchair Travelers program.

Offered monthly, the program highlights a different country each session. This month’s destination is Israel; Faye Holzaepfel, a Newnan resident, will share stories and photographs from her own travels. Previous countries have included Poland, China, South Africa, and Scotland.

Aside from my personal interest in the topic, I think this makes a great option for low-cost library programming. By using volunteer speakers from the community, libraries can limits their expenses to refreshments.

Do you offer travel programs in your library?

Angela Hanshaw is Program Officer/Web Editor for the ALA Public Programs Office.

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Posted by Tammy Gerson on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at 01:20 PM
We are planning a similar program for this summer's Adult Summer Reading Club. We are combining local travel, one-day area trips, and travel abroad. We are utilizing library staff who have traveled far and near.