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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> alacro-l-request@lists.ala.org <alacro-l-request@lists.ala.org> on behalf of Don Wood <dwood@ala.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 31, 2015 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> alacro-l@lists.ala.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] ALA, Harwood Institute release new tools to help libraries lead positive community change</font>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">ALA, in partnership with The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, has released three new tools to help libraries engage their communities, focus efforts where they are needed
most and lead positive community change.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">The tools are the final pieces of a set of community engagement resources created for libraries as part of ALA’s Libraries Transforming Communities initiative. Taken together,
the collection — which includes worksheets, conversation guides and webinars — teaches libraries to “turn outward,” making their communities the reference point for the libraries’ work.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">The new tools are designed for libraries that already have been putting the “turning outward” approach to use, or those that have attended a Harwood Institute training or orientation.</span></p>
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/sites/ala.org.transforminglibraries/files/content/Making%20it%20Stick%20with%20Staff.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">“Making It Stick with Staff”</span></a><span> </span>is
a discussion guide to help libraries reflect on their changing outlook and make the “turning outward” approach part of their everyday work.</li></ul>
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/sites/ala.org.transforminglibraries/files/content/LTC%20digital%20workbook_Making%20Meaning%20of%20Data.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">“Making Meaning of Data”</span></a><span> </span>helps
libraries make sense of data about library usage and activity and use that information to create programs that better serves the community’s needs.</li></ul>
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<a href="http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/sites/ala.org.transforminglibraries/files/content/LTC%20digital%20workbook_Tracking%20Your%20Progress.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">“Tracking Your Progress</span></a>”
provides a visual representation of the “turning outward” approach to help libraries visualize where they have been and where they are going next.</li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">Deborah McCullough, deputy director of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County in Ohio, said the “Making It Stick with Staff” tool helped facilitate teamwork among
her staff.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">“‘Making It Stick with Staff’ was a great way to get staff to talk — and everyone participated! —about what the library has done to implement change,” McCullough said. “The questions
were practical and specifically designed to keep the conversation going, and yet allowed for reflection and analysis.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">Created by The Harwood Institute, the “turning outward” approach emphasizes taking steps to better understand communities; changing processes and thinking to make conversations
more community-focused; becoming more proactive to community issues; and putting community aspirations first.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">Libraries and library professionals around the country are using this approach to:</span></p>
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lead conversations with community members to better understand their goals and concerns;</li><li style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white;">
develop library strategic plans that benefit the library and the greater community;</li><li style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white;">
connect with underserved segments of the library’s service area;</li><li style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white;">
overcome political gridlock; and</li><li style="color: rgb(48, 48, 48); margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background: white;">
create professional development opportunities that meet the library system’s needs.</li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">The full collection of “turning outward” resources — including a 90-day<span> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/sites/ala.org.transforminglibraries/files/content/LTCGettingStarted_DigitalWorkbook_final010915.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">“Step-by-Step
Guide to ‘Turning Outward’ to Your Community”</span></a><span> </span>— can be downloaded, free of charge, at<span> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/libraries-transforming-communities/resources-for-library-professionals" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">ala.org/LTC</span></a>.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#303030">The new tools were conceived with insight from the<span> </span><a href="http://www.ala.org/transforminglibraries/libraries-transforming-communities/cohort" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color:#0055A5">Libraries
Transforming Communities Public Innovators Cohort</span></a>, a group of 10 public libraries selected to take part in an intensive, 18-month training into the “turning outward” approach.</span></p>
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