Collaboration Projects
The small project with 1 year duation is an important vehicle for libraries to improve their services. School libraries can use small projects to help the teachers and students practice inquiry-based and collaborative learning，improve the collaboration between the teachers and librarians, in order to better assist capability-oriented education. Public libraries and community libraries can use small projects to nurture more community readers, and serve the needs of various community groups, for instance, develop services to help the residents on livelihood, healthcare, environmental care, and cultural preservation and promotion，etc.
Evergreen small project has the following characteristics:
- Projects INITIATED locally
- Projects conducted LOCALLY by librarians, teachers, students, volunteers
- Projects that emphasize process – accountability and transparency. The process mandates:
- Clear MEASUREABLE outcomes
- ACTIVITIES mounted to achieve outcomes
- WORK PRODUCTS used to measure whether objectives have been met.
- ASSESSMENT rubric included in the final report
- Projects that emphasize experiential learning (learning by doing). So the process embodies the “experience – reflection – conceptualization – application – experience” cycle.
