Working Together
Powerful Partnerships that Transform Libraries and Communities
Will be published approx. on 4. February 2027
Book
Hardback
208 pages
979-8-216-38268-3 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the best way your library can work with community leaders, allies, and collaborators to create lasting and purposeful partnerships.
People are often burnt out in libraries right now. This feeling emanates in part from the feeling that we're the last public institution standing, and therefore have to pick up whatever is falling through the cracks of a failing social net. This book focuses on the proactive strategies that can change this reality. If public libraries are feeling alone, public libraries need to find partners, allies, and collaborators.
This book walks librarians through the various types of partnerships and includes information on models for developing, sustaining, and discontinuing partnerships; tools and tips for partnering with purpose; pointers on finances and record keeping; and more. This book prepares the reader to develop transformative solutions to systemic problems no institution or sector could address on its own.
People are often burnt out in libraries right now. This feeling emanates in part from the feeling that we're the last public institution standing, and therefore have to pick up whatever is falling through the cracks of a failing social net. This book focuses on the proactive strategies that can change this reality. If public libraries are feeling alone, public libraries need to find partners, allies, and collaborators.
This book walks librarians through the various types of partnerships and includes information on models for developing, sustaining, and discontinuing partnerships; tools and tips for partnering with purpose; pointers on finances and record keeping; and more. This book prepares the reader to develop transformative solutions to systemic problems no institution or sector could address on its own.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
1 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
ISBN-13
979-8-216-38268-3 (9798216382683)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Noah Lenstra, PhD, is a Professor of Library & Information Science in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Education, USA.
Jenny Bossaller, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA.
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhD, is a researcher, educator, librarian, and former Executive Director, Research, OCLC.
Jenny Bossaller, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, USA.
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, PhD, is a researcher, educator, librarian, and former Executive Director, Research, OCLC.
Content
Part 1. Overview of Partnerships and the Foundations of this work.
Chapter 1. Overview of Partnerships and Public Librarianship.
Part 2. How to Partner and Build Relationships
Chapter 2. Something Old, Something New: Community Problem Analysis and the Public Library Partnership Lifecycle model.
Chapter 3. Identifying and Approaching Partners
Chapter 4. Identifying and Leading Coalitions and Multi-Sector Organizations
Chapter 5. Aligning Mission and Values
Part 3: From Relationships to Actions: Tools for Partnering with Purpose
Chapter 6. Design Thinking as a Strategy to Act Together
Chapter 7. Acting Together: What does it look like?
Chapter 8. Aligning Roles and Responsibilities within the Partnership and Deciding what Type of Partnership to Develop
Part 4: Financial and Record-Keeping Aspects of Partnerships
Chapter 9. Documentation for Partnerships
Chapter 10. Don't Be Afraid to Talk Money, or the Allocation of Resources Across Organizations
Part 5. Analyzing Successes and Shortcomings, Sustaining Partnerships
Chapter 11. Evaluating and Assessing Partnerships.
Chapter 12. Sustaining / Ending / Renewing Partnerships
Chapter 13. Celebrating and Communicating
Part 6: Conclusions and a Call to Action for Librarians and their Partners
Chapter 14. Conclusions and a Call to Action for Librarians and their Partners
Chapter 1. Overview of Partnerships and Public Librarianship.
Part 2. How to Partner and Build Relationships
Chapter 2. Something Old, Something New: Community Problem Analysis and the Public Library Partnership Lifecycle model.
Chapter 3. Identifying and Approaching Partners
Chapter 4. Identifying and Leading Coalitions and Multi-Sector Organizations
Chapter 5. Aligning Mission and Values
Part 3: From Relationships to Actions: Tools for Partnering with Purpose
Chapter 6. Design Thinking as a Strategy to Act Together
Chapter 7. Acting Together: What does it look like?
Chapter 8. Aligning Roles and Responsibilities within the Partnership and Deciding what Type of Partnership to Develop
Part 4: Financial and Record-Keeping Aspects of Partnerships
Chapter 9. Documentation for Partnerships
Chapter 10. Don't Be Afraid to Talk Money, or the Allocation of Resources Across Organizations
Part 5. Analyzing Successes and Shortcomings, Sustaining Partnerships
Chapter 11. Evaluating and Assessing Partnerships.
Chapter 12. Sustaining / Ending / Renewing Partnerships
Chapter 13. Celebrating and Communicating
Part 6: Conclusions and a Call to Action for Librarians and their Partners
Chapter 14. Conclusions and a Call to Action for Librarians and their Partners