Event:

Collaborations take work, but are necessary for libraries to remain (or become) vital community hubs: passive libraries can quickly become irrelevant. This session will look at community partnerships and identify how they can bring value to both the library and the partner, and enhance the library’s perceived value. Your active participation is required for this session; please bring your library’s strategic plan or long-range goals, if you have them.

Outcomes:

• Identify collaborative relationships in your community, how to identify the value in those relationships for both the library and the partner, and what to do when the relationships don’t work.

• Participants will depart with a plan and strategies for engaging collaborative partners in their own communities

CE category: library administration