Prioritizing and Evaluating Equitable Library Outreach

About This Grant

This project will include 20 facilitated "design thinking" meetings with library staff and focused conversations about library outreach at every branch location. We will engage library managers, youth services staff, regional meanagers, and others in discussions designed to identify shared purposes for and enhanced knowledge about library outreach. This conversations will culminate in several partial day summits as library outreach becomes an equity-based priority that staff feel empowered and competent to handle. This project will initially improve institutional capacity and operations. Ultimately, civic engagement will benefit since an equitable library service access and delivery plan will improve users' ability to participate in our community.