53 SPEC Kit 361: Outreach and Engagement Frequency of Challenges (N=55) 6 37 34 27 34 28 11 33 16 17 1 3 9 10 4 7 16 7 10 7 4 2 8 6 5 10 6 14 7 1 3 3 3 4 9 1 8 8 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 5 7 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Other challenge(s) Library student worker budgets are insufficient to cover outreach staffing Library managers do not support their staff’s participation in outreach activities Library staff or volunteers for outreach activities cancel at the last minute Staffing outreach is viewed as only a “public services” job Library student workers are not available to staff outreach Difficulty staffing activities on evenings/weekends Staffing outreach activities is not valued on performance evaluations Difficulty soliciting volunteers and/or library staff to work at activities Library staff do not have time to participate in outreach activities Never 1X 2X 3X 4X 5X 6X or more