The most relevant and dynamic ideas can grow from collaborating with impacted communities. Co-creation is one of the most effective ways for libraries to turn diversity, equity, and inclusion ideals into real-world services. In this session, you’ll learn about the fundamentals of co-design and explore how to apply them in your library for wildly creative and deeply impactful programs and services. As a result of viewing this webinar, you’ll be able to:

• Define co-design and its role in creating library services
• Identify multiple ways of sharing power with community
• Apply basic principles and techniques from human-centered design to facilitate co-creation
• Draw on real-world examples for inspiration

Presented by:

• Dr. Audrey Barbakoff, CEO of Co/Lab Capacity, and co-author, The Twelve Steps to a Community-Led Library
• Angel Jewel Tucker, Program Manager, Johnson County Library (KS)
• Beck Tench, Senior Designer and Researcher, Center for Digital Thriving, Harvard Graduate School of Education (MA)

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Webinar Attachments

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• View chat (xls)
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• Learner Guide (doc) Use alone or with others to extend your learning.

Related Resources and Links

• Recent articles by Audrey Barbakoff
• OCLC Next blog, Co-create authentically with your community
• WebJunction article, Easy as ABCD: Using Asset-Based Community Development as a Lens for Authentic Relationship-Building
• WebJunction article, Align Library Services with Community Aspirations
• Co/Lab Capacity
  
• The Twelve Steps to a Community-Led Library, by Audrey Barbakoff and Noah Lenstra, coming Fall 2023
• Other WebJunction webinars with Dr Barbakoff
• Growing Digital Equity Through Community Partnerships
• Taking Community Partnerships to the Next Level
• Beyond Book Groups: Fun Library Programs for Adult Readers
• Building Authentic Relationships with Underserved Communities
• IDEO, Design thinking for libraries
• The Library Workers’ Field Guide to Designing and Discovering Restorative Environments (created by Beck) including Activites with video demos
  
• Youth Co-Design Process Toolkit (created by Beck) 
• Design thinking = Method, not magic, Stanford webinar
  
• Stanford d.school Starter kit
• Creative Reaction Lab, Equity-centered community design field guide (Note – this takes you to a page where you can buy a print copy. But there’s a link to a form where you can download a PDF for free.)
• Article series highlighting community discovery process through WebJunction's Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces project, including the Toolkit for Creating Smart Spaces:
• Small Libraries Discover Their Communities
• Turning Community Input into Workable Ideas
• Taking the Plunge into Prototyping
• Smart Space Transformations Transcend Library Closures
• Additional links shared in chat
• Aspen Institute report, Rising to the Challenge: Re-Envisioning Public Libraries
• Tools for collaborating in virtual spaces, Whimsical and Miro, and from Beck, Google Slides as a Pedagogical Tool
• About Race Project KC
• Facilitator's guide to participatory decision-making, book