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Developing Community-Led Public Libraries

Author : Mr John Pateman

Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Page : 403 pages

File Size : 40,92 MB

Release : 2013-03-28

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 147240274X

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This important book examines the potential for a new community led service model in public libraries. Using theoretical approaches to working with socially excluded community members, with a direct application of those approaches in Canadian public libraries, the authors offer a powerful and persuasive case for adopting the community led approach in libraries worldwide. The book showcases good practice and outlines the challenges to community development work. With public libraries facing budget cuts, this book offers an alternative way forward based on a community led approach to developing needs based library services. This book makes a unique contribution to public library thinking and policy, synthesising the outcomes of research and best practice at the cutting edge of library service delivery, and will be essential reading for all those researching and working in the public library sector.



Developing Community-Led Public Libraries

Author : John Pateman

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 17,22 MB

Release : 2016-04-22

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1317151909

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This important book examines the potential for a new community led service model in public libraries. Using theoretical approaches to working with socially excluded community members, with a direct application of those approaches in Canadian public libraries, the authors offer a powerful and persuasive case for adopting the community led approach in libraries worldwide. The book showcases good practice and outlines the challenges to community development work. With public libraries facing budget cuts, this book offers an alternative way forward based on a community led approach to developing needs based library services. This book makes a unique contribution to public library thinking and policy, synthesising the outcomes of research and best practice at the cutting edge of library service delivery, and will be essential reading for all those researching and working in the public library sector.



Library Publishing Toolkit

Author : Allison P. Brown

Publisher : IDS Project Press

Page : 380 pages

File Size : 24,63 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Libraries and electronic publishing

ISBN : 9780989722605

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Both public and academic libraries are invested in the creation and distribution of information and digital content. They have morphed from keepers of content into content creators and curators, and seek best practices and efficient workflows with emerging publishing platforms and services. The Library Publishing Toolkit looks at the broad and varied landscape of library publishing through discussions, case studies, and shared resources. From supporting writers and authors in the public library setting to hosting open access journals and books, this collection examines opportunities for libraries to leverage their position and resources to create and provide access to content.



Ask, Listen, Empower

Author : Mary Davis Fournier

Publisher : American Library Association

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 33,51 MB

Release : 2021-01-08

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0838948324

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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 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.



The Engaged Library

Author : Jody Kretzmann

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 46,95 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Libraries and community

ISBN : 9781885251336

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A History of ALA Policy on Intellectual Freedom

Author : Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF)

Publisher : American Library Association

Page : 359 pages

File Size : 47,36 MB

Release : 2015-07-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0838913253

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Collecting several key documents and policy statements, this supplement to the ninth edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual traces a history of ALA’s commitment to fighting censorship. An introductory essay by Judith Krug and Candace Morgan, updated by OIF Director Barbara Jones, sketches out an overview of ALA policy on intellectual freedom. An important resource, this volume includes documents which discuss such foundational issues as The Library Bill of RightsProtecting the freedom to readALA’s Code of EthicsHow to respond to challenges and concerns about library resourcesMinors and internet activityMeeting rooms, bulletin boards, and exhibitsCopyrightPrivacy, including the retention of library usage records



Turning to One Another

Author : Margaret J. Wheatley

Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Page : 178 pages

File Size : 25,62 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781576751459

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Looks at the power of conversation for changing everything from personal relationships to organisational dysfunction, and then suggests conversation starters for meaningful discussions.



Transforming Libraries, Building Communities

Author : Julie Biando Edwards

Publisher : Scarecrow Press

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 50,15 MB

Release : 2013-05-30

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0810891824

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This book is for those moving their library beyond places to find information. Written by practicing public librarians and an academic librarian with an interest in public libraries, the book focuses on how public libraries can become more community centered and, by doing so, how they can transform both themselves and their communities. The authors argue that focusing on building community through innovative and responsive services and programs will be the best way for the public library to reposition itself in the years to come.



Community Library Programs That Work

Author : Beth Christina Maddigan

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 415 pages

File Size : 34,56 MB

Release : 2013-11-20

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN :

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A collection of versatile best practices for promoting literacy development by utilizing local community connections in school and public libraries. Modern libraries are recreating themselves as idea centers for today's Internet-savvy, digitally driven clientele. This book provides a fresh approach to learning as well as guidelines for creating dynamic and relevant library programs for children, teens, and families. Organized thematically, each chapter includes relevant topical research and three to eight community-focused approaches. Programs range from small, single-library initiatives in rural communities to multi-site, cross-border initiatives. This essential reference includes collaborative and locally inspired programs, many of which can be scaled to the budget of any library, school, or community organization.



Community-Led Generation

Author : Pablo Sendra

Publisher : UCL Press

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 34,10 MB

Release : 2020-04-15

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 178735606X

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Through seven London case studies of communities opposing social housing demolition and/or proposing community-led plans, Community-Led Regeneration offers a toolkit of planning mechanisms and other strategies that residents and planners working with communities can use to resist demolition and propose community-led schemes. The case studies are Walterton and Elgins Community Homes, West Ken and Gibbs Green Community Homes, Cressingham Gardens Community, Greater Carpenters Neighbourhood Forum, Focus E15, People’s Empowerment Alliance for Custom House (PEACH), and Alexandra and Ainsworth Estates. Together, these case studies represent a broad overview of groups that formed as a reaction to proposed demolitions of residents' housing, and groups that formed as a way to manage residents' homes and public space better. Drawing from the case studies, the toolkit includes the use of formal planning instruments, as well as other strategies such as sustained campaigning and activism, forms of citizen-led design, and alternative proposals for the management and ownership of housing by communities themselves. Community-Led Regeneration targets a diverse audience: from planning professionals and scholars working with communities, to housing activists and residents resisting the demolition of their neighbourhoods and proposing their own plans.