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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February 27, Co-Creating Library Services for Transformative Impact
Publish Date: News / 27 February 2024
Learn about the fundamentals of co-design and explore how to apply them in your library for wildly creative and deeply impactful programs and services.
January 30, Building Authentic Relationships with Underserved Communities
Publish Date: News / 30 January 2024
Learn how to develop a plan for identifying, reaching, and building relationships with underserved communities.
January 4, Libraries Foster Social Connection: Responding to the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation
Publish Date: News / 4 January 2024
Explore ways to intentionally design for social connection in library services and programs.
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.
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...
Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience
Publish Date: News / 24 October 2023
Climate Action Planning requires attention in three main areas: mitigation, adaptation, and climate justice.
Building Community Relationships for Better Library Services
Publish Date: Webinar / 24 October 2023
Explore strategies for finding community partners and building relationships with them with the goal of truly working in collaboration with people they serve.
Community engagement
Where do you go for inspiration? Invigorate your community engagement efforts with advice from library leaders.