Ask, listen, empower : grounding your library work in community engagement / edited by Mary Davis Fournier and Sarah Ostman ; foreword by Tracie D. Hall.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xv, 160 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780838947401
- 0838947409
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Main Library | NonFiction | 021.2097 A834 | Available | 33111010538425 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Foreword by Tracie D. Hall
Community engagement isn't simply an important component of a successful library--it's the foundation upon which every service, offering, and initiative rests. Working collaboratively with community members--be they library customers, residents, faculty, students or partner organizations-- ensures that the library works , period. This important resource from ALA's Public Programs Office (PPO) provides targeted guidance on how libraries can effectively engage with the public to address a range of issues for the betterment of their community, whether it is a city, neighborhood, campus, or something else. Featuring contributions by leaders active in library-led community engagement, it's designed to be equally useful as a teaching text for LIS students and a go-to handbook for current programming, adult services, and outreach library staff. Balancing practical tools with case studies and stories from field, this collection explores such key topics as
why libraries belong in the community engagement realm; getting the support of board and staff; how to understand your community; the ethics and challenges of engaging often unreached segments of the community; identifying and building engaged partnerships; collections and community engagement; engaged programming; and outcome measurement."ALA Public Programs Office."
"This important resource provides targeted guidance on how libraries can effectively engage with the public to address a range of issues for the betterment of their community, whether it is a city, neighborhood, campus, or something else"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Democracy, community and libraries / Nancy Kranich -- Empowering communities: From public trust to impact / Erica Freudenberger and Susan Hildreth -- I'm listening: Reimagining the book club model / Hadiya Evans -- Partnering for greater impact / Cindy Fesemyer -- Respect and compromise aid school-city partnership / Erica Freudenberger -- Community-centered programming: Tools and techniques / Audrey Barbakoff -- Ethical and inclusive community engagement / Ellen Knutson and Quanetta Batts -- Culture shift: The path to becoming community-centered / Erica Freudenberger and Susan Hildreth -- Empowering volunteers to build community / Nancy Kim Phillips -- Civil rights center: Community engagement and special collections / Tasneem A. Grace and Andrea Blackman -- Strategic planning through community listening / Amber Williams -- Building public trust: It starts with the individual / Sarah Goodwin Thiel.