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Program Outline

Soaring to Excellence

People Watching with a Purpose: Meeting Needs Before They Need It

 

Guest 1: Ann Bishop, PH.D. Associate Professor, GSLIS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

 Library schools across the country are incorporating something called "community informatics." We'll be taking a look at just what this is--and what it looks like.  

 

Guest 2: Nancy Kranich, former president of the ALA, leader and published author in community engagement and libraries. Former Assoc. Dean of Libraries at NYU.

 

Ann Bishop:

Definitions of Community Informatics and What it Looks Like  

  • Library projects that exemplify

    • Puerto Rican Cultural Center & Paseo Boricua Community Library Project (Chicago)

Nancy Kranich:

Community Engagement in Libraries  

  • Libraries roles in critical engagement

    • Democracy

    • Bensenville Public Library

    • National Issues Forum

    • Universal Service Programs

WHY Do It?

  • Taking the "asset based" approach to communities; not viewing patrons as being in positions of "need" empowers them (reasons from Nancy and Ann and implications for libraries).

 

HOW Do We Engage the Community in Meaningful Experiences?

  • Take-away points from Ann Community Informatics Corp research/work
  • Take-away points from Nancy (e.g., National Issues Forum model)

 

 

 

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