Butler County Library Outreach

Mission

The Butler County Library Outreach program provides library services to meet the informational, recreational, and educational needs of senior citizens, homebound residents of all ages in El Dorado, and the physically and visually challenged in Butler County.

What is Outreach?

The Butler County Library Outreach program is located at the Bradford Memorial Library. The Outreach staff travels regularly to various locations, maintaining a rotating collection of items from which residents can choose at their convenience. Specific requests are filled when possible either from the Outreach collection, the Bradford Memorial Library's collection, or through Interlibrary Loan.

Materials Provided

The Outreach program provides large print books, videos, audios, special formats, as well as items from the regular print collection.

Audio Readers and Talking Books are also available.

Outreach has developed a collection of special activities to serve the needs of Alzheimer and Dementia patients in both the institutional and home environment.

Outreach works with activity directors to provide services in the form of games, activities, and other nontraditional materials.

Funding

The Outreach program is funded primarily by the Butler County Department of Aging and the United Way.

Areas of Services

There are 34 locations throughout Butler County served by the Outreach program. Individuals are served in 18 institutional settings, six senior centers, nine public libraries, three designated community locations and 29 residential homes in Butler County.

These service sites are located in El Dorado, Augusta, Whitewater, Potwin, Towanda, Douglass, Andover, Leon, Benton, Cassoday, Elbing, Rose Hill, and Latham. For exact locations please call the Butler County Library Outreach at 321-3363.