Library Experience Day: Fostering Student Engagement and Recruitment through a Community Partnership

This study explores the creation of a community engaged partnership between a university librarian and high school librarian. The article underscores the significance of university-school collaborations in ad-vancing K-12 education, offering insights for academic and educational institutions seeking to strength-en community engagement and recruitment initiatives. The authors discuss how the collaboration helped bolster an academic library’s strategic initiative to foster community engagement, particularly with local K-12 schools, and advance college readiness skills for area students. Collaborating with four high school librarians, the authors designed an interactive day on campus with activities and tours high-lighting the diverse roles within an academic library. By removing barriers to campus visits and fostering connections between students and information professionals, Library Experience Day (LED) is a part-nership that contributes to the university's recruitment efforts while supporting local high school stu-dent success.