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Outreach ‘OWL’ and mobile services expand Davenport library reach; staff logged thousands of visits and checkouts in 2024
Summary
Community outreach staff reported outreach growth including the OWL mobile unit, deposit collections, pop-up libraries and StoryWalks. In 2024 outreach visited dozens of sites and recorded thousands of checkouts and program attendees.
Davenport City library outreach staff told trustees on Jan. 21 that the library’s mobile outreach unit known as the OWL and related programs reached large numbers of residents in 2024, with hundreds of outreach events, thousands of checkouts and strong partnerships with local organizations.
Brittney Peacock, who introduced the outreach report as head of community outreach services, said the outreach team visited 94 separate facilities in 2024, held 728 outreach programs and events, and recorded about 14,008 checkouts tied to outreach activities. The team also read approximately 1,300 story sessions to area day cares and preschools during the year.
Peacock described the OWL as a “library on wheels” rather than a traditional…
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