Our three-week online course will show you how to build a community-centered library.
EARLY BIRD RATES END FEBRUARY 4! | Build a community-centered library from the top down by learning how to create a strategic community engagement plan. |
Developed in partnership with Urban Libraries Council, our Realizing a Community-Centered Library: Strategies for Leaders course starting March 25* will teach you how to: Acknowledge and move through your implicit biases and preconceptions about your community. Gain practical relationship building skills. Assess your current community engagement practices. Use data from assessments to make plans for change and communicate the impacts of your efforts. Determine your community needs through asset mapping. Create a plan and framework for building staff capacity to do community engagement work. Create a high-level and strategic community engagement plan. | *Available for on-demand viewing after live sessions | Registering as a group of 3 or more is the best way to save on courses. Take a course with a couple of colleagues or sign up your whole team. Discounts start at 10%, and the larger the group, the greater the discount! | Library Journal’s bulk course credit program is flexible, easy to manage, and offers 25% off our lowest price for every course seat for a full year! Set aside a portion of your budget and allocate seats to staff as needs arise | Be the first to find out about upcoming courses and events. Follow LJ & SLJ Events on social! | |