Community Conversations: Lessons Learned
Community Conversations have stretched Mid-Manhattan Library staff to build community-mapping, partnership-building and facilitation skills.
Bringing 'American Creed' to Your Library
Public libraries can apply to host community conversations around the PBS documentary "American Creed."
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Community Engagement
As the Free Library strives to be more community-centered, staff reflect on how individual and collective trauma have impacted patrons.
Community Conversations: Failing Forward
Someone once said that if you're not failing, you're not trying. When it came to our Community Conversations program, we certainly tried.
The Journey to Understanding Libraries
Sa-de Brown shares how she became a library employee and what she's gaining from the Community-Centered Libraries project.
Reaching Out to People with Disabilities
Kathy Middleton shares how community engagement helped her library serve people with disabilities.
Call for Contributors: Community Engagement Book
The ALA Public Programs Office is seeking contributing authors for a book about community engagement in libraries.
The Free Library of Philadelphia built bridges with the community through a collection of rare Islamic texts.
Talking about Affordable Housing
An NYPL branch led talks about an important issue facing residents of the Lower East Side.