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Ask, Listen, Empower - Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,542
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Ask, Listen, Empower - Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement (Paperback): Mary Davis Fournier, Sarah Ostman

Ask, Listen, Empower - Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement (Paperback)

Mary Davis Fournier, Sarah Ostman

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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 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. Balancing historical context with case studies and stories from field, this collection explores such key topics as: why libraries belong in the community engagement realm; the differences and overlap between outreach, engagement, and advocacy; getting the support of board and staff; how to understand your community; pointers on telling your story for maximum impact; the ethics and challenges of engaging often unreached segments of the community; identifying and building engaged partnerships; archives and community engagement; engaged programming; and outcome measurement. 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.

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Imprint: ALA Editions
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2020
Editors: Mary Davis Fournier • Sarah Ostman
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-4740-1
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library & information services
LSN: 0-8389-4740-9
Barcode: 9780838947401

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