[BCMA] [EXTERNAL] Museums, Libraries and Youth

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Collaborative relationship (particularly with Friends of the museum and friends of the library) in Quesnel.  Both friends groups host a fund raising used book sale.  Museum schedules is May and the library in the fall.  We direct book donation to each other.
Both institutions host occasional speakers  programs and check scheduling to avoid overlapping programming,  and help promote (posters in library news release emailed to each others members list.

We hosted the livingangsges exhibit just before Covid in the winter when the museum has limited hours.  The library  agreed to host 1 large element ( the craddleboard listening pod to provide greater access and help promote the exhibit.
In terms of youth mentoring  I have often hired summer students who started working for the library's summer reading program as high school students.  We employ them for a year or to as a curatorial or  archives assistant and then provide references to help get them into graduate school and careers in libraries or arch


Elizabeth Hunter
Museum & Heritage Manager City of Quesnel
Quesnel Museum & Archives
705 Carson Ave.  Quesnel BC V2J 2B6
250-992-9580     ehunter at quesnel.ca
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Hi All,

Looking for examples of collaborative relationships between museums and libraries - specially youth programming but open to any examples.

Thanks so much!
Lorenda


Lorenda Calvert
Program Manager

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