Partnerships & collaboration
When the library builds partnerships, it strengthens the ties to its community, shares resources, and builds positive relationships with diverse stakeholders. Reaching out to initiate community partnerships begins with identifying both traditional and non-traditional partners and exploring new ways to work together. Effective collaborations are sustained through a shared commitment to serving the ever-changing needs of the community.
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Most Recently Added
Transforming Lives with Adult Literacy Programs
Publish Date: News / 23 August 2023
When people think about how libraries support literacy, the first thing that comes to mind is often a children’s storytime or a bustling summer reading program. At Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library in Caldwell, Texas, you’ll certainly find these pro...
Libraries Helping Refugees and New Immigrants Learn the US Financial System
Publish Date: Webinar / 22 August 2023
In this session, learn about free and trustworthy financial literacy resources developed specifically for new immigrants and refugees.
Climate Action Planning (Part 1): An Introduction
Publish Date: Webinar / 16 August 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative informs where your time and energy can be best spent in the face of the overwhelming nature of climate action.
Sustainability 101
Publish Date: News / 8 August 2023
As we think about the future of our libraries and how we, as library leaders, help to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors, we must confront the realities of climate change. No corner of the world will be left untouched by climate change. ...
Tackling Children’s Food Insecurity with Community Partners
Publish Date: News / 1 August 2023
The Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) in Little Rock, Arkansas, adopted a strategic plan in 2019 to help identify and eliminate barriers faced by people throughout the communities they served. Nate Coulter, Executive Director of CALS, recently e...
Sustainability 101
Publish Date: Webinar / 18 July 2023
This webinar with the Sustainable Libraries Initiative introduces the characteristics of a sustainable library.
Bridgebuilding Resource Hub
Publish Date: News / 18 July 2023
Bridgebuilding is an approach for promoting engagement and dialog between groups of people with different perspectives and experiences. As trusted community spaces, libraries offer a great place to do this work. WebJunction is collaborating with IREX...
Promoting Voter and Civic Engagement at Your Library
Publish Date: Webinar / 6 June 2023
View this webinar to learn about the types of resources and services your library can provide to support voter registration and civic engagement.
School Librarians Lead Learning and Transformation
Publish Date: Webinar / 23 May 2023
Join this webinar for an introduction to the School Librarian’s Information Shelf and to learn more from practitioners who have applied transformative practices to their school libraries.
A Delicious Library Collaboration
Publish Date: News / 23 May 2023
Running a restaurant is no easy task. And while libraries do a lot of things amazingly well, being a restaurant operator on top of all that is a tricky proposition. But when has a challenge ever stopped a library? This is certainly the case for Toled...
Community engagement
Where do you go for inspiration? Invigorate your community engagement efforts with advice from library leaders.