Partnerships & collaboration
When the library builds partnerships, it strengthens the ties to its community, shares resources, and builds positive relationships with diverse stakeholders. Reaching out to initiate community partnerships begins with identifying both traditional and non-traditional partners and exploring new ways to work together. Effective collaborations are sustained through a shared commitment to serving the ever-changing needs of the community.
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Most Recently Added
Climate Action Planning (Part 2): Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
Publish Date: Webinar / 26 September 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative features library and partner organizations on how they have prepared both libraries and communities for the impacts of climate change.
Bridgebuilding: Fostering Community Engagement and Dialogue
Publish Date: Webinar / 14 September 2023
Learn about the free tools in the Bridgebuilding Resource Hub and hear from public library staff who have offered bridgebuilding programs for deeper engagement with their communities.
Getting Started with Climate Action Planning
Publish Date: News / 12 September 2023
The Sustainable Libraries Initiative (SLI) provides library leaders with a proven path forward to co-create libraries and communities that will thrive in the coming years. As we contend with the realities of climate change, we must act faster, with m...
FIfty Years of Hip Hop
Publish Date: News / 5 September 2023
At Queens Public Library (QPL), a six-month celebration of Hip Hop is wrapping up. Situated just across the East River from the borough that birthed this global cultural movement, there’s no better stage for commemorating this milestone. In March, QP...
Transforming Lives with Adult Literacy Programs
Publish Date: News / 23 August 2023
When people think about how libraries support literacy, the first thing that comes to mind is often a children’s storytime or a bustling summer reading program. At Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library in Caldwell, Texas, you’ll certainly find these pro...
Libraries Helping Refugees and New Immigrants Learn the US Financial System
Publish Date: Webinar / 22 August 2023
In this session, learn about free and trustworthy financial literacy resources developed specifically for new immigrants and refugees.
Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introduction
Publish Date: Webinar / 16 August 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative informs where your time and energy can be best spent in the face of the overwhelming nature of climate action.
Sustainability 101
Publish Date: News / 8 August 2023
As we think about the future of our libraries and how we, as library leaders, help to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors, we must confront the realities of climate change. No corner of the world will be left untouched by climate change. ...
Tackling Children’s Food Insecurity with Community Partners
Publish Date: News / 1 August 2023
The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, adopted a strategic plan in 2019 to help identify and eliminate barriers faced by people throughout the communities they served. Nate Coulter, Executive Director of CALS, recently e...
Sustainability 101
Publish Date: Webinar / 18 July 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative introduces the characteristics of a sustainable library.
Community engagement
Where do you go for inspiration? Invigorate your community engagement efforts with advice from library leaders.