Learn how to engage with your community more effectively and build services that make patrons feel valued, welcomed, and heard.
In Community Co-Design: How to Collaborate with Your Community to Build Programs and Services, a 3-week, interactive online course, you will gain the knowledge and practical skills needed to engage with patrons, stakeholders, and community members to rebalance power dynamics and collaboratively shape your library’s services, programs, and outreach. There's still time to sign up - it starts on Wednesday, Feb 21. Who should take this course: This course is for program and outreach librarians and other stakeholders involved in creating library programs and services. |
Course Program Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
Jerel Ezell, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, Director, Center for Cultural Humility at School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley |
Session 1 | 2:00-3:15 pm ET Understanding Co-Design Foundations and Implicit Bias What is co-design, and why might it help you create more inclusive and equitable programs and services? Why is identifying implicit bias - both personally and institutionally - crucial to effective co-design work? This week will discuss how you can embrace co-design as a mindset in order to transform how you approach community-based programs and services. Leave with an understanding of the foundation for the theory and methods of co-design and practical ways co-design can enhance your library work. |
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 |
Audrey Barbakoff, EdD., MLIS, CEO, Co/lab Capacity LLC |
Session 2 | 2:00-3:15 pm ET Knowing Your Community and Growing Their Involvement What do you need to know about your community to get started with a co-design project? How do you gather community interest, support, and input? This week will discuss practical strategies for researching and connecting with your community. We will also discuss methods for outreach and data collection, as well as how to ensure you gather diverse perspectives that fully represent your community. |
Scott Young, Ph.D., MLIS, Associate Professor and User Experience & Assessment Librarian, Montana State University |
Session 3 | 2:00-3:15 pm ET Implementing Co-Design: Tools and Methods What are different ways you can enact co-design? And how do you know if your co-design process is successful? This closing week will showcase a model of co-design from beginning to end, focusing on adaptable and tangible tools you can use in the co-design process. We will discuss ways to iterate and refine the project, as well as how to establish effective metrics for evaluating progress. |
Request a discount for groups of 3 or more and work with your colleagues on a project for your library. |
Purchase packages of course tickets that you can allocate to your staff as needed and apply to our full roster of courses. Purchase 15 or more registrations and apply them across multiple courses. |
|
