iSchool Capstone

Enhancing Early Literacy with Reach Out and Read

Project tags:

community engagement & outreach

digital youth & youth services

Project poster

We worked with Reach Out and Read Colorado, a nonprofit that incorporates reading into pediatric care, to help improve literacy-rich waiting rooms in an urban and a rural clinic. First, we interviewed rockstar clinics about what makes a successful space. We then established community partnerships to provide books, art, and furniture. And we connected clinics with local librarians to promote library resources. Finally, we compiled our learnings into a best practices guide to be distributed nationally to ROR partner clinics. Although Covid-19 prevented us from delivering all materials, we managed to support the clinics and their efforts for early literacy.

Project participants:

Maureen Quinlan

MLISOnline

Maureen Ricks Wildish

MLISOnline