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
December 13, Stronger Together: Collective Impact and Climate Action Programming
Publish Date: News / 13 December 2023
Part of a series, this webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will feature practitioners having a collective impact through community collaborations.
October 3, Living Our Values Out Loud: Programs that Walk the Talk
Publish Date: News / 28 November 2023
Part of a series, this webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will feature practitioners who have found ways to design, implement, and evaluate programs using frameworks that better represent their library’s values.
October 3, Climate Justice
Publish Date: News / 3 October 2023
Part of a series, this webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will explore the disproportional impacts of climate change on systematically oppressed communities.
July 18, Sustainability 101
Publish Date: News / 18 July 2023
Part of a series, this webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will introduce characteristics of a sustainable library.
August 16, Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introduction
Publish Date: News / 18 July 2023
Part of a series, this webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative will introduce characteristics of a sustainable library.
June 6, Promoting Voter and Civic Engagement at Your Library
Publish Date: News / 6 June 2023
Join this webinar to learn about the types of resources and services your library can provide to support voter registration and civic engagement.
May 23, School Librarians Lead Learning and Transformation
Publish Date: News / 23 May 2023
Join this webinar for an introduction to the School Librarian’s Information Shelf and to learn more from practitioners who have applied transformative practices to their school libraries.
A Delicious Library Collaboration
Publish Date: News / 23 May 2023
Running a restaurant is no easy task. And while libraries do a lot of things amazingly well, being a restaurant operator on top of all that is a tricky proposition. But when has a challenge ever stopped a library? This is certainly the case for Toled...
May 18, Library Safety and Security: A Holistic Approach
Publish Date: News / 18 May 2023
This session will present a holistic approach for creating safe environments, through strong community relationships, inclusive policies, and empowered staff.
Sustainable Libraries: Resources and Webinars for Climate Action
Publish Date: News / 3 May 2023
Community engagement
Where do you go for inspiration? Invigorate your community engagement efforts with advice from library leaders.