Ask, listen, empower : grounding your library work in community engagement / edited by Mary Davis Fournier and Sarah Ostman ; foreword by Tracie D. Hall.
Building public trust: it starts with the individual / Sarah Goodwin Thiel. Empowering communities: from public trust to impact / Erica Freudenberger and Susan Hildreth -- I'm listening: reimagining the book club model / Hadiya Evans -- Partnering for greater impact / Cindy Fesemyer -- Respect and compromise aid school-city partnership / Erica Freudenberger -- Community-centered programming: tool and techniques / Audrey Barbakiff -- Ethical and inclusive community engagement / Ellen Knutson and Quanetta Batts -- Culture shift: the path to becoming community-centered / Erica Freudenberger and Susan Hildreth -- Empowering volunteers to build community / Nancy Kim Phillips -- Civil rights center: community engagement and special collections / Tasneem A. Grace and Andrea Blackman -- Strategic planning through community listening / Amber Williams -- Building public trust: it starts with the individual / Sarah Goodwin Thiel.
Summary:
"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 the community. 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... Sharing numerous examples of successful change, dialogue and deliberation, and collaborative efforts, this book offers a comprehensive look at community engagement work that can help all libraries reinforce their roles as champions of lifelong learning"-- from Amazon.com description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.