Programming Librarian

Programs with Ken Burns’ The Civil War

Original presentation date: May 26, 2010

Join Lisa Sheffield, Adult Services Librarian at the Transylvania County Library in Brevard, North Carolina, to learn more about hosting a viewing and discussion series for adult audiences. Lisa will share her experiences presenting film-based programs, offering attendees a simple program model, and discussing best practices for scheduling the series, finding and working with a scholar/speaker, setting program and audience goals, promoting the series, facilitating each session, and conducting evaluation. Participants will learn how to use the Ken Burns’ The Civil War as the basis for public programming.

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