Beauty of Puzzles: Librarian's Resource Guide to Increasing Community Impact With Puzzles - Puzzle 411 Series

The Beauty of Puzzles: A Librarians Resource Guide to Increasing Community Impact with Puzzles is a look at how puzzles implimented at any library can increase patron engagement and create a space for people to enjoy playing puzzles. Understanding the value of puzzles offered to the community, the social, educational and emotional benefits offered with different types of puzzles can create an opportunity to connect with patrons on a new level. What is the ideal puzzle collection? Sharing the value and relationships puzzles have with a community, the assessment of individual library needs can be broken down to determine the best way to start and even expand a puzzle collection.
Showcasing a criteria for puzzle selection, including age, cultural and educational designs this resourse guide lays out a strategic and simple way to engage by using puzzles.  Defining a way to have jigsaw puzzles in circulation for patrons to check out, the guide also includes ideas for cataloging, storage solutions and coordinating puzzles for a library collection. Suggesting how to best represent a community and engage patrons, the guide shares how to best represent community size, culture and community. Focusing on jigsaw puzzles and other puzzles games, the resource guide offers ideas for promoting the puzzle collection, offering puzzle pal events and shares ways to have ongoing programs within the community.