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Our questions for this week. How do we in libraries support or accelerate the great things already happening or bubbling up in our communities? How does your library leadership (or you - if you are a library leader!) spark change in terms of building or leveraging community relationships at your institution? 

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Our questions for this week. How do we in libraries support or accelerate the great things already happening or bubbling up in our communities? How does your library leadership (or you - if you are a library leader!) spark change in terms of building or leveraging community relationships at your institution? 

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What do you think of an "I Work with My Librarian" campaign that would build on the success of ALA's I Love My Librarian initiative? Featuring stories of community members/organizations teaming up with library workers.

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What do you think of an "I Work with My Librarian" campaign that would build on the success of ALA's I Love My Librarian initiative? Featuring stories of community members/organizations teaming up with library workers.

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Continuing education in community driven libraries

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Continuing education in community driven libraries

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I was wondering a lot about the increased presence of social workers and more specifically how those interested in this topic of community driven libraries can pursue continuing education. Is there an MLIS program that focuses on this?

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What challenges do you face (or imagine facing) as you seek to cultivate the relationship-driven library in your community? 

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What challenges do you face (or imagine facing) as you seek to cultivate the relationship-driven library in your community? 

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A woman who wants to teach CPR/First Aid called me this week. She wants to reach out to people through nonprofits (reaching people who wouldn't have access otherwise). She called me because someone gave her my name and said I was the person to talk to for connections to nonprofits. We met, and I gave her a list of people to contact (and introduced her to our adult programming person so we can host her as well). It thrilled me that after only one year in this job, people were sending her my way!

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Here in Lawrence KS, I am in the second year of a partnership with our District Attorney's Office & local University's Legal Aid Clinic to host a bi-annual community expungement clinic.  

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Here in Lawrence KS, I am in the second year of a partnership with our District Attorney's Office & local University's Legal Aid Clinic to host a bi-annual community expungement clinic.  

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We showed up at a Senior Health Fair and by the end of it the group hosting said that they absolutely loved the energy and services that we had for the seniors!

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We showed up at a Senior Health Fair and by the end of it the group hosting said that they absolutely loved the energy and services that we had for the seniors!

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3rd year into our seed library, local Senior Housing Community Gardners came in to choose and plan xoxo :>

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3rd year into our seed library, local Senior Housing Community Gardners came in to choose and plan xoxo :>

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Find more information on speakers and topic matters here!

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During the month of April, Let's Move in Libraries will host a series of conversations on community collaboration and community health.

Each conversation features 2-4 librarians sharing their experiences working collaboratively with others to promote community health. After the discussion you're invited to stay in the room for a half-hour open conversation about that week's topic. Each conversation takes place on a Thursday in April, 2023. Recordings will be shared on the Let's Move in Libraries YouTube channel.

This event will also feature the launch of a Toolkit you can use to inject new energy into your health programs and partnerships. Access a preview of the Cultivating the Relationship-Driven Toolkit and share feedback on this work in progress.

Our goal in this event is to build momentum and knowledge around the critical topic of community collaboration.
Who should participate in this event? Those who...

Work in or with public libraries, or desire to do so

Are committed to working collaboratively with communities for service design and delivery

Seek both inspiration and information in a participatory learning environment

Are eager to work with peers to support innovation

We invite you to learn and network with colleagues doing great things through community partnerships! All are welcome to this online convening.
Schedule-at-Glance

April 6 - Event kick-off and conversation on "Institutionalizing collaboration, urban perspectives"

April 13 - Conversation on "Sparking change, Directors / Branch Manager perspectives"

April 20 - Conversation on "Institutionalizing collaboration, small and rural perspectives"

April 27 - Conversation on "Start where you are, early career perspectives" and event conclusion

Scroll down to learn more about the sessions and participating library workers! And go to the bottom of this page for images and text you can use to share this event with your colleagues and networks.
This event is part of HEAL (Healthy Eating and Active Living) at the Library, funded by the U.S. Institute of Museum & Library Services (# RE-246336-OLS-20)

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During the month of April, Let's Move in Libraries will host a series of conversations on community collaboration and community health. Each conversation features 2-4 librarians sharing their experiences working collaboratively with others to promote community health. After the discussion you're invited to stay in the room for a half-hour open conversation about that week's topic.