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Libraries Transforming Communities: Models for Change Overview

During this two-year (2017-18) professional development project, library professionals will have access to free training in community leadership techniques like coalition-building and dialogue facilitation. Offerings will include free web-based and in-person workshops specially designed for three library types:

  • large public libraries (spring 2017)
  • academic libraries (fall 2017)
  • small, medium-sized and rural public libraries (winter/spring 2018)

This introductory webinar will provide an overview of LTC: Models for Change. Participants will:

Rural Roots: E-Newsletter Tips

The Third Place

The electronic newsletter (or e-newsletter) is something we are all familiar with — as recipients. Organizations, associations and even vendors, at times, like to impart information to members, clients, customers, etc., via regular newsletters that arrive in our email inbox. We put up with them, for the most part, because they sometimes give us valuable knowledge, advice or notifications of events or products that we are interested in and use. Sometimes when we are not so pleased with content, we delete them, but they keep coming until we “remove ourselves from the list” altogether.

Seed Swap

Table set up at the Seed Swap

The Frankfort (Ill.) Public Library Seed Swap was like a potlock, but for seeds. Participants brought one variety of fresh heirloom seeds to share, and they went home with several more varieties. Master gardeners were on hand to share valuable gardening tips to the program attendees. 

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