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Free for All: The Public Library

ITVS PROJECT
Free for All: The Public Library by ITVS

credits

Title
  • Free for All: The Public Library
Entrant
  • ITVS

About This Project

Summary

The Indie Lens Pop-Up engagement campaign for Free for All was led primarily by libraries in partnership with local PBS stations and 690 community organizations. Together, they hosted 405 events across 49 states, celebrating librarians, showcasing the vital role libraries play in their communities, and strengthening public connection to this essential civic institution.

Goals & Objectives

• Celebrate librarians and showcase libraries’ value to their communities through library services • Illuminate untold histories of the women who shaped public libraries and the library movement • Emphasize how institutions including public libraries and public media contribute to our society

Results & Impact

• 69% plan to visit their public library • 30% of event attendees plan to donate to their library after the event • 22% plan to volunteer at their library after the event

the team

Dawn Logsdon
  • Producer, Director, Editor
  • Free for All: The Public Library
Lucie Faulknor
  • Producer, Co-Director
  • Free for All: The Public Library
Beatriz Castillo
  • Sr. Director, Engagement & Impact Operations
  • ITVS (Independent Television Service)
Kristy Chin
  • Sr. Manager, Engagement & Impact
  • ITVS (Independent Television Service)
Zoe Stahl
  • Associate Manager, Engagement & Impact
  • ITVS (Independent Television Service)
Stu Nolan
  • Engagement and Impact Coordinator, Engagement & Impact
  • ITVS (Independent Television Service)