For Your Community

Utilize these templates to generate interest in and use of Grzimek's Animal Life.

  • Letter to K-12 teachers and staff — intended for a school librarian or media specialist to share with teachers, this customizable template announces your acquisition of Grzimek's Animal Life and suggests ways to relate this resource to curriculum in the K-12 core subjects [.doc, 33 KB]

  • Letter to academic professors, instructors and related staff — this customizable template promotes your library resource directly to department heads [.doc, 34 KB]

  • Letter from public library to local zoo (with handout) — this customizable letter to zoo management explains your acquisition of Grzimek's Animal Life and lets them know patrons can access this resource through your library or from any remote location [Letter .doc, 33 KB; Handout .pdf, 744 KB]

  • Press release from public library to local media — this customizable press release is suitable for your local newspaper, television and radio stations, and community Web site [.doc, 34 KB]