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Avengers Assemble
Establishing and Expanding Community Connections
for School and Public Librarians#YACONNECTION #YALSA16
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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 #YALSA16Slides : https://goo.gl/7ERJHY
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Origin Stories
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Call to Action
#YACONNECTION #YALSA16
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Why community engagement or outreach?
Call to Action
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Identify the Need
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Time & Conversation
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Informal & Formal
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What are some needs in your community?
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Finding and Making
Connections#YACONNECTION #YALSA16
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• Research
• Get out there! Participate!
• Don’t reinvent the wheel
• Find common goals
Finding & Making Connections
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• The right contact
• Connector
• Listening
• Prepare
Finding & Making Connections
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What are some of your most successful connections, and the programs or services that came from them?
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Barriers
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• Conflicting service models
• Mission/Goal Conflict
• Organizational Constraints: internal opposition
• Responsibilities
Barriers
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What BarriersHave You Faced?
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Sustaining & Evaluating
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Failures & Learning
Opportunities
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*Data
*Debrief
*Changes
Sustaining & Evaluating
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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
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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
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AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!
Have questions or want more info? Contact us!
Katie LaMantia- Schaumburg Township District Library, [email protected]
Evan Mather- Bloomingdale Public Library, [email protected]@evan_mather
Renee Neumeier - Evanston Public Library, [email protected], @readren
Tyler Works- Indian Prairie Public Library, [email protected]