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The 12 steps to a community-led library / by Barbakoff, Audrey,author.(CARDINAL)412209; Lenstra, Noah,author.(CARDINAL)840310;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1: Foundations -- Community-Led Planning 101: What it Means and Why it Matters -- Relationship to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice -- How to Conduct Community-Led Planning -- Assessing your Library's Community-Led Capacity -- The Community-Led Capacity-Building (CoLaB) Model -- Part II: Phase One: Inspirational Change -- Set Clear Expectations -- Train for Understanding, Not Procedure -- Connect to Core Values -- Part III: Phase Two: Transformational Change -- Foster a Growth Mindset -- Develop Psychological Safety for a Culture of Inclusive Innovation -- Make Time and Space for Reflection -- Prioritize Interpersonal Skills and Cultural Humility -- Apply Prior Knowledge -- Build Community Knowledge through Relationships -- Part IV: Phase Three: Operational Change -- Give Staff Time and Authority to Build Relationships -- Make It Everyone's Work -- Measure Success through Relationships -- Part V: Evaluating, Adapting, and Troubleshooting -- Conclusion: Moving Forward and Coming Back."Community-led planning is a method for returning institutional power to communities that have experienced oppression. This book provides a unique evidence-based plan, consisting of three phases divided into twelve steps, that libraries can use to grow their capacity to engage in community-led work"--
Subjects: Libraries and community.; Libraries and community;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Social justice and activism in libraries : essays on diversity and change / by Epstein, Su,editor.(CARDINAL)884315; Gubnitskaia, Vera,1960-editor.(CARDINAL)399938; Smallwood, Carol,1939-editor.(CARDINAL)173318;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part I. Bringing underrepresentation to the forefront -- Part II. Establishing partnerships -- Part III. Building communities -- Part IV. Administering with diversity -- Part V. Supporting activism -- Part VI. Generating programming -- Part VII. Expanding teaching"Experienced librarians offer ideas and guidance in seeking new creative paths, working to support change in library organizations and reexamining principles that may be taken for granted. Theoretical foundations are discussed, along with practical ideas such as the creation a book groups for the intellectually disabled and partnership with social workers or advocates for employees with disabilities"--
Subjects: Case studies.; Libraries and community.; Libraries and minorities.; Libraries and society.; Libraries; Libraries; Social justice.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Transform and thrive : ideas to invigorate your library and your community / by Stoltz, Dorothy,author.(CARDINAL)314643; Griffith, Gail,author.(CARDINAL)498806; Kelly, James(Librarian),author.(CARDINAL)793125; Smith, Muffie,author.(CARDINAL)793126; Wheeler, Lynn,author.(CARDINAL)793127;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1. Risk-taking. Startle yourself -- Learning the right things -- Taking intelligent risks -- Part 2. Treasure those you serve...so they will serve your. The golden rule -- Respect and goodwill -- Think things through -- Part 3. Become an outstanding library leader. Carnegie's light -- Getting everyone on the right page -- Finding treasures in your stacks -- Part 4. Activate creativity. The entrepreneurial spirit -- Tap into creative potential."Successful libraries are those that continuously learn to listen and respond, prioritizing an organizational approach that encourages library staff to work with each other as well as the community to create opportunities to thrive. In this book the authors demonstrate how it boils down to applying a handful of straightforward principles. This book walks readers through how to: identify the community's motivating factors; create a culture of learning at the library; apply courage, curiosity, and creativity to cope with challenges; ask the right questions to get the right answers; draw out creative ideas from both staff and the community; and use creativity exercises for both individual and group problem solving"--
Subjects: Library personnel management.; Libraries and community.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ex libris : stories of librarians, libraries & lore / by Guran, Paula,editor.(CARDINAL)545637;
Portals to all the knowledge in the world, libraries are also created universes of multitude of imaginations. Librarians guide us to enlightenment as well as serving as the captains, mages, and gatekeepers who open the doors to delight, speculation, wonder, and terror. This captivating compilation of science fiction and fantasy short fiction showcases stories of librarians -- mysterious curators, heroic bibliognosts, arcane archivists, catalogers of very special collections and libraries: repositories of arcane wisdom, storehouses of signals from other galaxies, bastions of culture, the last outposts of civilization in a post-apocalyptic world....
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Science fiction.; Short stories.; Library users; Public libraries; Libraries and community; Librarians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The people and their public library : a report of the Cumberland County Public Library Planning Process Committee / by Thrasher, Jerry A.(CARDINAL)192502; Cumberland County Public Library (N.C.).Planning Process Committee.(CARDINAL)782326;
MARCIVE 03/01/06
Subjects: Libraries and community.; Library surveys.; Public libraries;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Ask, listen, empower : grounding your library work in community engagement / by Fournier, Mary Davis,editor.; Ostman, Sarah,editor.(CARDINAL)805325; Hall, Tracie D.,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Democracy, community and libraries / Nancy Kranich -- 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: Tools and techniques / Audrey Barbakoff -- 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."This important resource 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"--
Subjects: Libraries and community; Libraries and society;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Engaging community through storytelling : library and community programming / by Norfolk, Sherry,1952-editor.(CARDINAL)655884; Stenson, Jane,1941-editor.(CARDINAL)481436;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Voices for intercultural understanding -- Voices of our elders -- Voices of cultural pride -- Voices of students of all ages -- Voices of the disenfranchised.
Subjects: Case studies.; Libraries and community.; Libraries; Libraries; Storytelling.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Community information services : their origin, scope and development / by Bunch, Allan.(CARDINAL)156310;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Public libraries; Reference services (Libraries); Libraries and community;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The library as place : history, community, and culture / by Buschman, John.(CARDINAL)207003; Leckie, Gloria J.(CARDINAL)836909;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Space, place, and libraries : an introduction / Gloria J. Leckie and John Buschman -- Beneficial spaces : the rise of military libraries in the British Empire / Ronald Tetreault -- Libraries in public before the age of public libraries : interpreting the furnishings and design of athenaeums and other "social libraries", 1800-1860 / Adam Arenson -- A grand old sandstone lady : Vancouver's Carnegie Library / Ann Curry -- The fruit and root of the community : the Greensboro Carnegie Negro Library, 1904-1964 / Julia A. Hersberger, Lou Sua, and Adam L. Murray -- Locating the library as place among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer patrons / Paulette Rothbauer -- Behind the program-room door : the creation of parochial and private women's realms in a Canadian public library / Pamela J. MacKenzie ... [et al.] -- Seattle Public Library as place : reconceptualizing space, community, and information / Karen E. Fisher ... [et al.] -- Stimulating space, serendipitous space : library as place in the life of the scholar / Karen Antell and Debra Engel -- Setting the stage for undergraduates' information behaviors : faculty and librarians' perspectives on academic space / Lisa M. Given -- The research library as place : on the essential importance of collections of books shelved in subject-classified arrangements / Thomas Mann -- On the myths of libraries / Bonnie Mak -- Managing pleasure : library architecture and the erotics of reading / Abigail Van Slyck -- Going to hell : placing the library in Buffy the vampire slayer / Adriana Estill.
Subjects: Libraries and community.; Libraries; Library architecture.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Martin Memorial Library : a retrospective. by LeFoe, Grant.;
Subjects: Libraries and community.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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