Newborns & Other New Library Users

The Hamilton Public Library would like to engage newborns, infants, and their parents by helping them to access library resources in convenient ways. Following the lead of other libraries who have programs for infants, we would like to identify effective community engagement, engage with each newborn in Hamilton, and quantify the effectiveness of these strategies with families with newborns and newcomers to Canada.

Goal(s): The goal of this project is to quantify the effectiveness of outreach that is targeted at families with newborns and newcomer families.

City Staff:

Meghan Tinmouth, Librarian, Hamilton Public Library

Sarah Sorensen, Call-In, Hamilton Public Library

Faculty: Jim Vanderwoerd, Redeemer University

Course: TBA

Project Location: Hamilton Public Library

Strategic Priorities: Community Engagement & Participation, Economic Prosperity & Growth, Culture & Diversity, Healthy & Safe Communities, Our People & Performance.

For more information on this project, check out the link below!

Project Agreement

Final Project Report