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Author | : Connie Christopher |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2003-07-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780838908587 |
Whether working to empower individuals, teams or the whole library, these guidelines make possible effective management of scarce resources--time, people, and money. They also help enhance your team's morale, innovation, continuous improvement, and customer service--the building blocks for funding libraries' vital and ongoing role in their communities.
Author | : Mary Davis Fournier |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2021-01-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0838948324 |
Foreword by Tracie D. Hall Community engagement isn’t simply an important component of a successful library—it’s the foundation upon which every service, offering, and initiative rests. Working collaboratively with community members—be they library customers, residents, faculty, students or partner organizations— ensures that the library works, period. This important resource from ALA’s Public Programs Office (PPO) provides targeted guidance on how libraries can effectively engage with the public to address a range of issues for the betterment of their community, whether it is a city, neighborhood, campus, or something else. Featuring contributions by leaders active in library-led community engagement, it’s designed to be equally useful as a teaching text for LIS students and a go-to handbook for current programming, adult services, and outreach library staff. Balancing practical tools with case studies and stories from field, this collection explores such key topics as why libraries belong in the community engagement realm; getting the support of board and staff; how to understand your community; the ethics and challenges of engaging often unreached segments of the community; identifying and building engaged partnerships; collections and community engagement; engaged programming; and outcome measurement.
Author | : Mary Davis Fournier |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2021-01-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0838948340 |
Foreword by Tracie D. Hall Community engagement isn’t simply an important component of a successful library—it’s the foundation upon which every service, offering, and initiative rests. Working collaboratively with community members—be they library customers, residents, faculty, students or partner organizations— ensures that the library works, period. This important resource from ALA’s Public Programs Office (PPO) provides targeted guidance on how libraries can effectively engage with the public to address a range of issues for the betterment of their community, whether it is a city, neighborhood, campus, or something else. Featuring contributions by leaders active in library-led community engagement, it’s designed to be equally useful as a teaching text for LIS students and a go-to handbook for current programming, adult services, and outreach library staff. Balancing practical tools with case studies and stories from field, this collection explores such key topics as why libraries belong in the community engagement realm; getting the support of board and staff; how to understand your community; the ethics and challenges of engaging often unreached segments of the community; identifying and building engaged partnerships; collections and community engagement; engaged programming; and outcome measurement.
Author | : American Association of School Librarians |
Publisher | : American Association of School Librarians |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780838985199 |
Empowering Learners advances school library programs to meet the needs of the changing school library environment and is guided by the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and Standards for the 21st-Century Learner in Action.
Author | : Carolyn Barnes |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2020-02-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0472126202 |
On weekday afternoons, dismissal bells signal not just the end of the school day but also the beginning of another important activity: the federally funded after-school programs that offer tutoring, homework help, and basic supervision to millions of American children. Nearly one in four low-income families enroll a child in an after-school program. Beyond sharpening students’ math and reading skills, these programs also have a profound impact on parents. In a surprising turn—especially given the long history of social policies that leave recipients feeling policed, distrusted, and alienated—government-funded after-school programs have quietly become powerful forces for political and civic engagement by shifting power away from bureaucrats and putting it back into the hands of parents. In State of Empowerment Carolyn Barnes uses ethnographic accounts of three organizations to reveal how interacting with government-funded after-school programs can enhance the civic and political lives of low-income citizens.
Author | : Lynn Hawkins |
Publisher | : ALA Editions |
Total Pages | : 75 |
Release | : 2003-07-28 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780838908600 |
High Tech, High Touch illustrates technical solutions that really work, inspired by effective customer service strategies used by businesses. These are unique technology solutions—based on digital libraries, portals, e-mail notifications, and database interfaces to the web—to solve everyday public library problems.
Author | : Theresa R. McDevitt |
Publisher | : Assoc of College & Research Libraries |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Academic libraries |
ISBN | : 9780838946091 |
Divided into three comprehensive sections--Library and Information Literacy Credit-Bearing Courses or Sponsors of Undergraduate Community-Based Research; Library Support for Courses with Applied Service-Based Projects in the Disciplines; and Library as Location for Student-Led Educational Outreach Events and Projects--Library Service and Learning is a collection of case studies written by librarians, university faculty, and students who have successfully employed service-based or experiential learning experiences for students in higher education. Chapters include classes or programs that have been taught by or developed in collaboration with librarians and examine information literacy-related outcomes, utilize library resources, and/or take place in library facilities. Each chapter describes activities, motivations, curriculum materials, and outcomes, and appendices include assignments, rubrics, and other materials that enable you to replicate and adapt the activity to your own needs. .
Author | : Alan Fishel |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2020-10-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0838948006 |
You know the value of your library, but elected officials, donors, community leaders, funders, and other important stakeholders may not. How can you make the library a priority for these groups, who may have preconceived notions about what the library does, as you compete with other important community organizations for funding? In this book from United for Libraries, you’ll learn how to use The E’s of Libraries® (Education, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Engagement, and Empowerment) to quickly demonstrate why your library is essential and worthy of funding, using messaging that is organized, persuasive, and memorable. With the help of worksheets, charts, and prompts, you will learn how to use language designed to win over stakeholders, funders, and partners; craft custom messaging in several formats that is easily accessible and memorable, including elevator speeches, budget presentations, and annual appeals; and create presentations and other materials tailored to any audience based on the sample documents included. This book's innovative framework can be used by any size or type of library, and by any library advocate, including Friends groups, library staff, trustees, and foundations.
Author | : Zafina Ismail |
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Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Libraries |
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Author | : Sue C. Kimmel |
Publisher | : American Association of School Librarians |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780838987285 |
Developing Collections to Empower Learners examines collection development in the context of today's shifts toward digital resources while emphasizing the foundational beliefs of the school library profession.