Yoga at the Public Library: An Exploratory Survey of Canadian and American Librarians |
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| Authors: | Noah Lenstra |
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| Institution: | Assistant Professor of Library and Information Studies, School of Education, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC, USA |
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| Abstract: | Results of a 2017 survey of 983 public librarians in the U.S. and Canada show that libraries increasingly provide opportunities for both youth and adults to practice yoga at the library. This article examines how these public library yoga programs work and what impacts they have. Most libraries have limited means to assess the impact of these programs. Nonetheless, over 80% of responding librarians said participation in yoga programs had met or exceeded their expectations, and 60% said yoga programs have brought new users into their libraries. These results suggest that yoga programs in public libraries are having significant effects. |
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| Keywords: | adult services physical literacy public programming public libraries youth services |
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