Ask, Listen, Empower: Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement

Foreword by Tracie D. HallCommunity engagement isn't simply an important component of a successful library--it's the foundation...
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Author: Mary Davis Fournier
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Ask, Listen, Empower: Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement by Fournier, Mary Davis

Ask, Listen, Empower: Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement

$169.21

Ask, Listen, Empower: Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement

$169.21
Author: Mary Davis Fournier
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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: ALA Editions
Published: 12/07/2020
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780838947401


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/2021 pg. 82
Choice 03/01/2022

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