It's not all about you: Centering the community The Baxter Memorial Library is located in Gorham, Maine. It neighbors a large open space, used on a seasonal basis for the town’s farmers market. As it warms up, many who come to the farmers market also stop in to Read More
Care about Yourself, Care about Your Partners, Care about Your Community The core ethos of the McArthur Public Library is caring. This caring spirit of culture shows up in large and small ways. Emily A. Estell, Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of New England in the Department Read More
JUNE 2023 NEWSLETTER The June 2023 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: The announcement of StoryWalk® Week 2023 A call for participation in a new StoryWalk® resource database Inspiring stories from New York, Massachusetts, and Delaware Looking forward to Summer 2023 An update on our monthly Birds of a Feather conversation Read More
MAY 2023 NEWSLETTER The May 2023 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: A recap of our Cultivating the Relationship-Driven Library event An update on our monthly Birds of a Feather conversation series Inspiring stories from Arizona, Illinois, and North Carolina Upcoming Let's Move in Libraries conference sessions Moving More: A Novel Read More
APRIL 2023 NEWSLETTER The April 2023 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes: A reminder about our Cultivating the Relationship-Driven Library event Call for library participation in the Vivo Pilot Plus program An update on our monthly Birds of a Feather conversation Inspiring stories from Oklahoma, Iowa, and Georgia A new way Read More
Step 3 - Harvesting the bounty This step is focused on documenting and celebrating what comes out of the work you and your partners have put into nourishing your seedling, or your idea. We are focused on that moment when a seedling becomes a fruitful plant. In the language of libraries, Read More
Step 4 - Rest and planning Step 4 - Resting the garden and preparing yourself and the soil for next season - is focused on reflecting on the journey you, your partners, and your community have been on. It is also focused on looking forward. It is critical to take the Read More
Toolkit Additional Resources This toolkit is the result of nearly 130 interviews with roughly 70 library workers and 60 community partners in 18 United States communities. In addition to the narrative toolkit, we have also developed a suite of images that illustrate the process of cultivating the relationship-driven library. Those Read More
Step 2 - Nurturing the seedlings This step is all about nurturing the partnership seeds. It involves setting seedlings up for success, and nurturing them after they're in the soil. In other words, this step is about all the work you and your partners put in to bringing ideas into Read More
Step 1 - Planting the seeds This step is about exploring your library and community to find seeds (a confluence* of need and interest), identifying where to plant them (the partnerships you need to get ideas going), and then planting them (talking up the ideas to those you need to Read More
