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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Survey on Climate and Environmental Health in Libraries
Publish Date: News / 30 January 2024
STAR Net would like to invite you to complete a short survey to inform the design of the 2024 Climate Action Symposium: Exploring Collaborations with Libraries, Community-Based Organizations, and Public Health Agencies.
Building Authentic Relationships with Underserved Communities
Publish Date: Webinar / 30 January 2024
Learn how to develop a plan for identifying, reaching, and building relationships with underserved communities.
Stronger Together: Collective Impact and Climate Action
Publish Date: News / 9 January 2024
Climate change is the grandest challenge of our generation. This requires a level of collaboration that has not been seen before.
Libraries Foster Social Connection: Responding to the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation
Publish Date: Webinar / 4 January 2024
Explore ways to intentionally design for social connection in library services and programs.
Stronger Together: Collective Impact and Climate Action Programming
Publish Date: Webinar / 13 December 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative features libraries having a collective impact on climate action through community collaborations.
Programs that Walk the Talk
Publish Date: News / 12 December 2023
Throughout this Climate Action series, we have discussed strategies and practical steps libraries can take toward sustainability, as well as resources to support these efforts. The Sustainable Libraries Initiative can help support a balanced approach...
Living Our Values Out Loud: Programs that Walk the Talk
Publish Date: Webinar / 28 November 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative features practitioners who have found ways to design, implement, and evaluate programs using frameworks that better represent their library’s values.
I Partner with my Public Library Award
Publish Date: News / 21 November 2023
As libraries continue turning outward to communities, the importance of collaboration increases. We not only have to share information about core library services, we also have to share information about how and why we work with community partners on...
Let’s Talk Race: Community Healing through Conversation
Publish Date: Webinar / 14 November 2023
Richland Library launched the open-source Let’s Talk Race Curriculum, providing a set of easy-to-follow resources for other organizations to implement locally to deepen community connections.
Climate Justice
Publish Date: News / 14 November 2023
While everyone is affected by climate change, the impacts of climate change are not evenly distributed. That’s why it’s so crucial to consider the social and economic impact of our environmental choices in our responses to climate change. This articl...
Community engagement
Where do you go for inspiration? Invigorate your community engagement efforts with advice from library leaders.