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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October 24, Sustaining ecosystems for climate learning and action
Publish Date: News / 24 October 2024
Learn how public libraries can play a role in climate education and action, collaborating with other sectors and organizations.
November 21, Building community in a changing climate
Publish Date: News / 24 October 2024
Explore how public libraries and their partners are empowering communities to address climate change collaboratively.
October 9, Libraries and non-profits: Leveraging data analytics for community impact
Publish Date: News / 9 October 2024
Learn about "Data for Good," designed to support library training and community services for data analysis, through teen and adult programming.
Engaging Beyond Our Walls: Libraries connecting communities through outdoor games and stories
Publish Date: Webinar / 26 September 2024
Discover how libraries can use outdoor games and interactive stories to connect with communities and showcase local history and landmarks.
Tuzzy Consortium Library, Iḷisaġvik College
Publish Date: News / 24 September 2024
Crisis management and planning have become an increasing focus for the staff of libraries, archives, and museums. This illustrative example demonstrates how a remote Alaska library consortium balances connecting the community to information and resou...
Food for thought: Library kitchens and cooking programs
Publish Date: News / 10 September 2024
As community hubs, libraries can play an important role in promoting public health and wellness initiatives, including food and cooking literacy programs. But eating well involves more than just quality ingredients and culinary chops—joy, creativity,...
Local games and interactive stories to Engage Beyond Our Walls
Publish Date: News / 27 August 2024
Libraries are creating their own outdoor games and interactive stories featuring local history, landmarks, and voices. These playful activities, often made by library staff, include texting with a mural, an audio tour by a Black feminist historian, a...
The signs and science of burnout
Publish Date: News / 13 August 2024
Employee burnout is rising at an alarming rate across many fields. In libraries, staff often face added unique challenges that contribute to workplace pressure and make the need for support even more pressing. To respond to these increased demands, W...
Work It Out @ Your Library with the Wombats!
Publish Date: Webinar / 8 August 2024
Learn the important role your library can play in supporting young children learning computational thinking skills through Work It Out @ Your Library!
Creating a community-led library
Publish Date: News / 10 July 2024
Libraries are increasingly turning to community-led approaches to ensure that their services and resources meet local needs effectively. This process involves actively including community members in decision-making processes, but the pa...
Community engagement
Where do you go for inspiration? Invigorate your community engagement efforts with advice from library leaders.