Services and Outreach to Underserved Populations (SOUP) Interest Group

2023 Planning

In advance of 2023, Melissa and Christine, SOUP co-chairs would like to know how we can best serve our Interest Group members going forward. We would like to know what sort of presentations would be useful to you. Please take a moment to fill out this survey and make your voice heard!

Thank you,
Melissa and Christine

2023 Meeting Schedule (click on each date for meeting description and Zoom link)

March 9, 2023 1:30-2:30 pm

June 8, 2023 1:30 -2:30 pm

October 26, 2023 1:30-2:30 pm

CAL SOUP (Services and Outreach to Underserved Populations) will be meeting via Zoom on October 26 at 1:30 pm.  We have two fantastic guest speakers:  Lisa Ward, Mobile Library Services Manager at Pikes Peak Library District, and Karen Bradley, Mobile Library Services Supervisor at Arapahoe Libraries.  They will be talking to us about all of the wonderful services that Mobile Library Services provide to our patron communities.  

Please reach out to Christine Dyar at [email protected] with any questions.

To join this group, email CAL.  

SOUP BLOG

Special Populations Resource List 2016

Below are links to a talk by Deborah Dauenheimer about Library Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing  

Library Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Part I.m4v

Library Services to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Part II.m4v

Serving Homeless Patrons – Resources:

• State of Homeless Report

• Denver Post - Homelessness

• Enumerating Homelessness: The Point-in-Time Count and Data in 2021

• Serving Homeless Patrons in the Covid-19 Shutdown by Sarah Ostman, American Libraries, March 18, 2020

• Look for Helpers: Public Libraries and the Homeless: A Literature Review by Kellian Clink, July 9, 2020

• The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness (free webinar)

• The Librarian's Guide to Homelessness by Ryan Dowd (Book)
  
  

Leadership Group:

Important Documents:

• Goals of this Interest Group