The Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team Manual [Paperback]

Linda D. McCracken (Author), Lynne Zeiher (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0786411597 | ISBN-13: 978-0786411597 | Publication Date: November 2001

Public stunts and all-for-fun, utterly nonpoliticized publicity bashes can be a great way to promote a library to a community, get people to see the library in a different light and become interested and involved, and finally reach those who think that libraries are boring or stuffy places. This light-hearted but precise manual provides step-by-step instructions on how to plan, equip and train a successful book cart drill team. It includes tips for recruiting members and making the experience gratifying, finding festive opportunities to perform, costuming, decorating the carts-and especially, clear choreographic drawings for imaginative, attention-getting routines. And by the way: grocery stores, retailers, rental outfits and others could easily adapt the ideas in this book. It doesn't have to be library book carts, it can be grocery carts, baby strollers, and lawn mowers-anything you can push down the street.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

If CPA briefcase drill teams can do it, why not librarians? In this superneat manual on organizing library book cart drill teams, authors McCracken (adult services manager, Yakima Valley Regional Lib. Syst., WA) and Zeiher (managing branch librarian, Pierce Cty. Lib. Syst., WA) provide a step-by-step guide to planning, equipping, and training something that is sure to delight parade audiences everywhere. Chapters cover how to recruit team members willing to cut a rug, planning the performance, practicing various routines (illustrated with many diagrams) that can be used while pushing the cart and while stationary (in front of parade dignitaries, of course), finding the right festivities in which to perform, decorating and preparing the carts, and creating costumes for the brave volunteers. The sincere effort behind these shenanigans the importance of promoting public libraries clearly drives this one-of-a-kind title. Highly recommended for all public libraries, especially those with large enough staff and Friends groups to field a drill team and impress parade fans. Dale Farris, Groves, TX
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Libraries, especially public libraries, look for ways to get their public to see them in a new way. In this manual, interested libraries and librarians can find a fun-filled approach that can promote the library, gain new community support, and achieve enthusiasm among staff and patrons. The manual tells how to get started with a book cart drill team, recruit performers, plan performances, and choose and then polish routines. There are choreographic drawings, photographs, stories of nationwide successes, sample applications, and "what we wish we'd known." The volume is worth a read if only to shake up people's thinking about library PR. The surprise will be that most readers will want to try a version in their area. Patricia Hogan
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786411597
• ISBN-13: 978-0786411597
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,338,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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