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The 12 steps to a community-led library / Audrey Barbakoff and Noah Lenstra.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: xiv, 201 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780838936122
  • 0838936121
Other title:
  • Twelve steps to a community-led library
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part 1: Foundations -- Community-Led Planning 101: What it Means and Why it Matters -- Relationship to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice -- How to Conduct Community-Led Planning -- Assessing your Library's Community-Led Capacity -- The Community-Led Capacity-Building (CoLaB) Model -- Part II: Phase One: Inspirational Change -- Set Clear Expectations -- Train for Understanding, Not Procedure -- Connect to Core Values -- Part III: Phase Two: Transformational Change -- Foster a Growth Mindset -- Develop Psychological Safety for a Culture of Inclusive Innovation -- Make Time and Space for Reflection -- Prioritize Interpersonal Skills and Cultural Humility -- Apply Prior Knowledge -- Build Community Knowledge through Relationships -- Part IV: Phase Three: Operational Change -- Give Staff Time and Authority to Build Relationships -- Make It Everyone's Work -- Measure Success through Relationships -- Part V: Evaluating, Adapting, and Troubleshooting -- Conclusion: Moving Forward and Coming Back.
Summary: "Community-led planning is a method for returning institutional power to communities that have experienced oppression. This book provides a unique evidence-based plan, consisting of three phases divided into twelve steps, that libraries can use to grow their capacity to engage in community-led work"-- Provided by publisher.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Libraries want to be more responsive to their diverse communities. Yet many libraries lack the structures, cultures, and mindsets to sustain community-led methods. This book lays out an evidence-based, twelve-step process that will help you transform your library in ways that serve your unique community effectively. Whether you're an administrator, middle manager, or a front-line library worker, the concrete strategies presented here will show you how to integrate community-led planning into your day-to-day activities. Anchored in original research by its authors and bolstered by real-world examples, this book

introduces the foundations of community-led planning, including what it means, why it matters, and how to do it; takes you through a twelve-step process, adaptable to libraries of any size or budget and serving any type of community, to fundamentally shift your organization towards more equitable and community-centered ways of thinking; presents strategies for success, pitfalls to avoid, lessons from case studies, and key takeaways for each step; and offers tools to assess your organization's capacity, evaluate your progress, adapt, and troubleshoot.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.

Part 1: Foundations -- Community-Led Planning 101: What it Means and Why it Matters -- Relationship to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice -- How to Conduct Community-Led Planning -- Assessing your Library's Community-Led Capacity -- The Community-Led Capacity-Building (CoLaB) Model -- Part II: Phase One: Inspirational Change -- Set Clear Expectations -- Train for Understanding, Not Procedure -- Connect to Core Values -- Part III: Phase Two: Transformational Change -- Foster a Growth Mindset -- Develop Psychological Safety for a Culture of Inclusive Innovation -- Make Time and Space for Reflection -- Prioritize Interpersonal Skills and Cultural Humility -- Apply Prior Knowledge -- Build Community Knowledge through Relationships -- Part IV: Phase Three: Operational Change -- Give Staff Time and Authority to Build Relationships -- Make It Everyone's Work -- Measure Success through Relationships -- Part V: Evaluating, Adapting, and Troubleshooting -- Conclusion: Moving Forward and Coming Back.

"Community-led planning is a method for returning institutional power to communities that have experienced oppression. This book provides a unique evidence-based plan, consisting of three phases divided into twelve steps, that libraries can use to grow their capacity to engage in community-led work"-- Provided by publisher.

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