Knowing Your Community
During the pandemic, programming librarians drew upon knowledge of their communities to succeed.
During the pandemic, programming librarians drew upon knowledge of their communities to succeed.
When librarian Jessi Baker learned that kids in her community could go hungry, she started an effort to find a solution.
With the change, loss, injustice and suffering the past year has brought, community-centered libraries are needed now more than ever.
The circulating journals have themes ranging from Netflix Recommendations to Stories My Grandparents Told.
For its anniversary, the Philadelphia library hosted a Fine Forgiveness Week. Now the entire Free Library of Philadelphia system is fine-free.
Slater Public Library is small, but they have all the space they need for this community-building dinner program.
The Jefferson Market Library shares how thoughtful programming made their branch a place for conversation in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.