Libraries have a distinctive role to play in the small business
ecosystem and can effectively partner to complement existing
business services in the community. A nationwide initiative that
launched in 2020, Libraries Build Business (LBB) aims to build
capacity in libraries offering programming or services to local
entrepreneurs and the small business community, prioritizing
low-income and underrepresented entrepreneurs. And libraries have
already begun to transform communities, with programs ranging from
one-on-one business consultations, classes, and workshops to
networking and equipment lending, as the many initiatives
spotlighted in this book demonstrate. Serving as powerful models of
how libraries and their staff can advance innovation and economic
growth on any budget and scale, these examples will inspire you to
plug into your own community while guiding you through the
nuts-and-bolts of making it happen. You'll learn the value to
libraries of getting involved in entrepreneurship development; how
libraries are integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI)
into their efforts, working to create more inclusive business
communities and, in turn, cultivate a vision for justice in
communities across the country; vivid case studies of more than two
dozen programs representing a cross-section of urban, suburban, and
rural libraries, such as Entrepreneurship Academy, a training
program; a 6-month business incubator targeting the formerly
incarcerated; empowering street vendors, a consulting service with
local business experts; and a makerspace for business; best
practices related to budgeting, partnerships, staff, outreach,
evaluation, sustainability, and other core components; and
information about additional resources to support your work.
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