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Collaboration:
1) Work with the local high school librarian to get a joint book club going (at the public library in the summer, at the high school during lunch breaks during the school year)
2) Online: share advertising power. For example, if the teen librarian at the public library is hosting an event geared towards teens/middle schoolers, ask the appropriate school librarian to put something in their newsletter or online/social media as well.
3) Collaborate with others in your library, as well. Coordinate Summer Reading so the Teen Librarian uses a similar version as the Children's librarian last year, just scaled up for age. Share copies of books if the library needs two, put one in each (one in Children's, one in YA). Etc.
Partnerships:
1) Share displays of work the students have completed. April is National Poetry Month, so the library could host/display a Poet-tree from the elementary school, and Blackout Poetry from the middle school.
2) Involve local heads of groups to coach or run a yearly program (Poet Laurets host/promote events during April/Nat'l Poetry Month, local Writing Group mentors Teen Librarian+teens who are writing their own novels during November/Nat'l Novel Writing Month).
3) Host yearly middle school events (monologues, jazz recital, orchestra recitals), to share not just with the parents of the kids but the general city/town people as well.
4) Have Summer Reading List books available in the library year round.

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Collaboration:
1) Encourage a collaborative culture within your own library by forming task forces that will work on projects not necessarily within their own realm of familiarity (Shah, 2017)
2) At conferences, work with other organizations that share similar goals in putting together a presentation on a particular topic of interest
3) Make sure you are involved with other library stakeholders (board, Friends, city departments or other government entities) and keep in touch with them on a regular basis. This will ensure that the library is moving in a direction that is favorable to all groups.
Partnerships:
1) Partner with local arts organizations to present artwork from local artists - beautify the library, bring in new patrons, and help the artists to promote themselves and their work.
2) Develop a program with local health clinics to place books and library materials inside their waiting rooms. This way, the library extends its reach to where its potential patrons are. The health clinic patients receive the benefit of having material to read and occupy themselves while they wait, and learn of the library as a resource.
3) Partner with other organizations in town when putting together an event - pull in sponsors (who will get publicity), local vendors (who will earn publicity as well as money from food/beverage sales), and individuals who can provide cultural programming for attendees (who also receive publicity and perhaps can distribute their albums, books, or promotional materials).

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3 Ways to Collaborate at Library:
1)  Team up with different departments internally to reach library's Strategic Planning goals.
2) When planning a program at library include other voices  from department.
3)  If possible, hold a staff development day once a year. It presents a great opportunity for internal interaction between department. Great way to get everyone involved. From materials management to children's department to user experience to reference services. I think you can spark great ideas from that vantage point.
3 Ways to Build Partnerships:
1) Partner with local fire department and EMS to create an event to help train patrons on how to assist during an emergency.
2) A personal goal of mine is to partner with local (possibly national) news media outlets to help tackle fake news. It would be great to get the media involved with media literacy programs at library. We have too much in common not to.
3)  Partner with university or college that has a music department to hold open mic for students to practice their studies. Would be great to also include local senior center or assisted living residences.  Maybe have afternoon performances so that seniors from center can enjoy. Healthy to get seniors out and using library, if they may not otherwise.

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Three ways you can collaborate are:
1. Attending conferences/presenting with a team.
2. Participate in ongoing social media conversations such as #critlib on Twitter.
3. Give library volunteers (or student workers at an academic library) a seat at the table to discuss ideas or improvements they may see working in the organization.
Three ways you can develop partnerships:
1. Work with a local domestic violence shelter to offer staff training.
2.  Four year colleges can partner with local community colleges to analyze information literacy and develop plans to have consistent education for those who transfer between the colleges.
3. Develop a partnership with the information technology department to offer classes to non-traditional on computer skills (if data supports the need).

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For collaborations, you can turn your space over to an outside group and see what they do, like the origins of this maker fest! Or you can start small, by asking those already using your space about specific needs they currently have - and then build programming around that need, as recommended in this quickstart guide for collaborating! Or you can adapt a plan that another librarian has left for you on the internet, like this step-by-step plan for throwing an alternative comic-con!

For partnerships, you can set aside small amounts of time in staff meetings and map out potential service partners in your area, just like the crime boards in your favorite procedural drama! Then you can schedule staff to visit a new target on a regular basis - you now have an outreach calendar! Track progress by having staff ask new partners to post selfies to their social media - what a great way to start a relationship!

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Collaborations:

1. You can collaborate face to face at meetings and conferences (Project Management Videos, 2015) or

2. Online through social media and webinars (Project Management Videos, 2015)

3. Respect fellow collaborators’ ideas because they may not want to collaborate if they can’t voice them (Project Management Videos, 2015)

Partnerships:

1. Creating a program between organizations (Techsoup for libraries, n.d.)

2. Smaller libraries can share technology expenses (Techsoup for libraries, n.d.)

3. Building and sharing audiences (Techsoup for libraries, n.d.)

Project Management Videos. (2015, February 9). How to collaborate on projects [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM4jSlhPOXk

Techsoup for Libraries. (n.d.) Effectively collaborating with other libraries and partners. Retrieved from http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/Cookbooks/Planning%20for%20Success/Communication%20and%20Partnerships/effectively-collaborating-with-other-l

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Collaboration – 1) Internally collaborate with various library department heads or managers, to hear different perspectives or ideas while working together towards a common goal. 2) Collaborate externally with other city departments, campus offices or public organizations to help bring different parts of the community into the library. 3) Collaborating is about trying new things out, whether it’s a new partnership or strengthening an old relationship in a different way. You want to try to build on the libraries mission/vision statements and do whatever you can to seek out ways in which you can accomplish this goal.

Partnerships – 1) Externally, libraries should look for partners who share the same mission and goals; Some could include a non-profit, local schools, museums, or economic development boards. 2) Internally, library partnerships are about putting your staff in the right position to execute a library program with another organization (for example) and to build trust by tending to their needs. 3) Libraries can build pathways to partnerships by being active in the community through marketing existing programs to other potential partners or creating publicity opportunities to spread the word about successful endeavors.

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Collaboration:
1) have policies in place that support and don't hinder collaborative efforts (Shah, 2017)
2) get everyone on board with the idea of collaborating (Shah, 2017)
3) be a good listener who tries to understand where people are coming from (Project Management Videos, 2015)
Partnerships (I am going off my own experience here):
1) a children's or teen librarian can partner with an art teacher at a local school to offer arts programming in the library
2) a library can partner with an LIS school on a grant-funded project (or anything really, hint hint)
3) a library system can partner with the police department to provide library services in a shared space which increases security for the library and its patrons in a less safe neighborhood

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Collaboration
1) To develop new programs, organize regular, collaborative meetings and encourage staff to share new ideas and to build on each other's suggestions.
2) To better publicize the library and its offerings, arrange for library volunteers to meet and brainstorm new means of advertising.
3) Actively communicate and share ideas with local organizations in order to develop a service that will fulfill their shared goals for the community.
Partnership
1) Partner with women's/children's health offices: They can host informational sessions at the library for expectant mothers. The library can stress the importance of early literacy and leave early literacy pamphlets at healthcare offices.
2) Partner with local artist groups/associations: They can hang their artwork in the library and host basic art workshops at the library, which may bring them new group members.
3) Partner with senior citizen centers to gain program ideas and presenters for senior citizens and to better meet seniors' informational needs.

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Patricia M.:  Collaboration (within library): (1) create a team to revamp the library's mission/vision statement (2) create a team to manage different aspects of the library's social media (3) create a team to review and update library's website.  Partnerships: (1) partner with local college to offer adult education opportunities to patron community (2) partner with local animal shelter to host "Adoption Day" at library, with informational program about the responsibilities of pet ownership (3) partner with local health organization to host free screening events (ex. blood pressure, diabetes, depression)

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Patricia M.:  Collaboration (within library): (1) create a team to revamp the library's mission/vision statement (2) create a team to manage different aspects of the library's social media (3) create a team to review and update library's website.  Partnerships: (1) partner with local college to offer adult education opportunities to patron community (2) partner with local animal shelter to host "Adoption Day" at library, with informational program about the responsibilities of pet ownership (3) partner with local health organization to host free screening events (ex. blood pressure, diabetes, depression)