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Establishing Community Connections for School and Public Librarians
- 1. Avengers Assemble Establishing and Expanding Community Connections for School and Public Librarians #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 2. Our Mission ● Origin Stories - Who are these jerks? ● Call to Action - Why are community outreach & engagement important? ● Identify the Need ● Finding & Making Connections ● Barriers ● Sustaining and Evaluating #YACONNECTION #YALSA16 Slides : https://goo.gl/7ERJHY
- 4. Schaumburg Township District Library ● Population 132,174 ● The largest racial/ethnic groups are White (54%) Asian (23%) and Hispanic (18%) ● 6.2% of residents live in poverty ● 3 high schools, 5 jr. highs, 22 elementary schools #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 5. Bloomingdale Public Library ● Population 22,299 ● The largest racial/ethnic groups are White (74%) Asian (12%) and Hispanic (9%). ● 6.1% of residents live in poverty ● Solo teen librarian ● 3 high schools, 3 middle schools #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 6. Evanston Public Library ● Serve pop. of 75,527 ● The largest racial/ethnic groups are White (60.4%) Black (17.2%) and Hispanic (10.1%). ● 13.9% of Evanston residents live in poverty. ● One public elementary middle school district, one public high school #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 7. Indian Prairie Public Library ● Population 42,000 ● The largest racial/ethnic groups are White (69%) Asian (14%) ● 6.2% of residents live in poverty ● 4 public middle schools, 3 public high schools #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 8. Call to Action #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 9. Why community engagement or outreach? Call to Action #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 12. Informal & Formal #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 13. What are some needs in your community?
- 15. • Research • Get out there! Participate! • Don’t reinvent the wheel • Find common goals Finding & Making Connections #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 16. • The right contact • Connector • Listening • Prepare Finding & Making Connections #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 17. What are some of your most successful connections, and the programs or services that came from them? #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 18. Barriers
- 19. • Conflicting service models • Mission/Goal Conflict • Organizational Constraints: internal opposition • Responsibilities Barriers #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 20. What Barriers Have You Faced? #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 24. Takeaways *Partnering and engaging the community helps you reach new teens and also involves teens in the process * Variety of tools to gather information and be an active listener informally and formally * Right connections, partner, person at organization, who else needs to be at the table *Be flexible: missions, resources, and organizations can change * Keep trying and always go back to your community to get feedback and input #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 25. Design Thinking for Libraries Toolkit http://designthinkingforlibraries.com/ Transforming Libraries, Collective Impact, Harwood Public Innovator Information and Tool Kit http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/libraries-transforming-communities The Atlas for New Librarianship by R. David Lankes Lankes, R. David. The Atlas of New Librarianship. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2011. Print. Slides: https://goo.gl/7ERJHY Resources #YACONNECTION #YALSA16
- 26. AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Have questions or want more info? Contact us! Katie LaMantia- Schaumburg Township District Library, klamantia@stdl.org Evan Mather- Bloomingdale Public Library, emather@mybpl.org @evan_mather Renee Neumeier - Evanston Public Library, rneumeier@cityofevanston.org, @readren Tyler Works- Indian Prairie Public Library, tylerw@ippl.info
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- *we’ve heard a lot about partnerships today - we’re going to talk about the very steps you can take to find and make connections more info at the beginning then more discussions and examples use the url to ask questions or raise your hand or we’ll have time at the end Questions Book Blitz Early
- 1 teen person of 3 full time teen team,multiple p/t teen staff, part of Youth Department
- Hawk guy
- Racially and socio econimically diverse, many non profits, I oversee teen services staff - oversee staff of three, EPL has two branches Ms. Marvel
- Why do community engagement?- what is -gather information- community engagement the community is at the center and is part of the process vs outreach where the provider is the center and is bringing things out We’re going to focus on developing partnerships using community engagement tools - what comes out of the relationship is the “what” - outreach is bringing you’’re services out- bringing more notice to what you’re doing and offer - when you’re doing community engagement the community is involved in the end product Doing community engagement and outreach is important - because they’re both things that are steps in providing equitable services to your teens. From gathering the information from teens and from other community stakeholders that serve to, working with them to address issues that arise and to bring programs and services out of the building to teens that might not be able to make it to the library (or to your partner’s location) This is important one so that you’re being responsive to community needs, and the relationships you form aim at addressing the needs/issues that arise, listen to your community means that the community feels heard and will be more willing to take a role or be involved- don’t assume you know what community needs or parts of the community, means that teens are being listened to, feel heard, feel valued, see library and other partners in a positive light. Help you shape your goals and choosing the best partners and relationships to form. ** Iterative process
- User Centered: This is not a linear process. It is fluid and congruent. Can be done with a community partner or by yourself - iterative Sharing a common goal is key to any successful C. David lankes in his book, “The Atlas of New Librarianship” Change and learning happens through conversation Identifying these conversations is key to engaging your community Once you identify a conversation, you can figure out how to join and support it It’s is also easier than trying to start something new Informally and Formally Listening is key Quieting our own internal biases and preconceptions Informally Listen to teens, parents, teachers, etc... Stay informed: trends, research, news Be present in your community Formally User Interviews Could be general or about a specific topic Ask open ended questions Organize the data into similar groups Select an conversation/issue/problem to address Brainstorm solutions but be flexible if you don’t have a partner Once you have a conversation/issue in mind, you should conduct an asset map You need to answer the following questions? Is anyone else addressing this issue? If so, who and what are they are doing? Can you support or enhance this somehow? If not, why not? Is it really an issue? Not feasible? Is there someone I can partner with? Katie and Evan will now discuss how to go about making and finding this connections
- User Centered: (add url designthinkingforlibraries) : Katie Example job fair /Evan example volunteer hours Question, find partner in library & community (NHS, orgs) This is not a linear process. It is fluid and congruent. Can be done with a community partner or by yourself Sharing a common goal is key to any successful C. David lankes in his book, “The Atlas of New Librarianship” Change and learning happens through conversation Identifying these conversations is key to engaging your community Once you identify a conversation, you can figure out how to join and support it It’s is also easier than trying to start something new Informally and Formally Listening is key Quieting our own internal biases and preconceptions Informally Listen to teens, parents, teachers, etc... Stay informed: trends, research, news Be present in your community Formally User Interviews /gathering information - design thinking - tyler, collective impact - renee - plus example - evanstem not community reads Could be general or about a specific topic Ask open ended questions Organize the data into similar groups Select an conversation/issue/problem to address Brainstorm solutions but be flexible if you don’t have a partner Once you have a conversation/issue in mind, you should conduct an asset map You need to answer the following questions? Is anyone else addressing this issue? If so, who and what are they are doing? Can you support or enhance this somehow? If not, why not? Is it really an issue? Not feasible? Is there someone I can partner with? Katie and Evan will now discuss how to go about making and finding this connections
- Research - read up on org \anizations, schools etc Talk to experts Multiple sources What’s available? - Often done at same time as looking into community need Get out there, attend community events and networking be a fly on the wall - BUILD RELATIONSHIPS Ex Renee Community meetings/initiatives - you Book clubs* - Evan ex. Stakeholder meetings Rotary club Networking groups Creating events - Volunteer Fair Existing programs - how can you fit in or support them reaching out to service groups, school clubs (GSA, anime club, coding club, NHS - volunteering hours, present info to a group) Ex. Renee book clubs Nichols/ ETHS Books R Us / lunch time making events /STEM challenges Renee - book clubs Looking at other organizations missions - how do they overlap with your goals and mission School of Rock/Guitar Center - Evan ex. : Music education (profit vs. np) - guitar, vocal recording Katie ex. - Nature center
- Who to contact at the organization- informal, just ask, Should other people at your library be at initial meeting? Has someone at your library already made a connection - can they introduce you. (keep everyone in the loop) - connection between library staff or departments, or between different community organizations Bring people together - everyone’s doing A, B or C, how can we all work together, align what we’re doing, share funding source, apply for a grant together Listening - Renee Ex: - The Big Read/ community wide read author visits Specific ideas you’re bring to the table “We’ll do anything with you!” V.”These are some things we can do” - talking points to bring with you when meeting people or at events you might have a chance to meet people
- Might want to charge attendees or you- how to negotiate (Parks and Rec, businesses) - Evan (civil war) Thorough listening - know the challenges each organizations face, why they may not want to partner or can’t partner in the way that you want EX: schools time crunch - Tyler Internal opposition- can’t get off the desk, others don’t agree what goals are - solution - pilot, put together presentation or proposal with potential partners, or how can not leave building to do this (pulling books etc, invite groups to you- once again you have time) - Katie Dividing roles/responsibilities, accountability - Renee - everybody reads book drive Verbal? Written? - * the data you collect helps you build a case , piloting programs
- Evan - turn a fail into something else - teen music fest new partnerships Renee - Parent Chrome camp - ETHS Katie- Legoland- other program for teens Tyler- Skate Board
- Renee A. Resource changes - budget, staff, goals, mission creep (time is most valuable resource- can’t do everything, library, department, and personal missions change) Debrief meeting- how to improve, failures, stop partnership or program could start again - examples of failures - checking in regularly - Data collection - great for repeated/grant funded stuff Funding - showcasing your work - attract new partners example community reads and author events By creating these partnerships, we are addressing teens needs and interests in our community (through Design Thinking)