ALA Midwinter: Aspen Institute Action Guide and ICMA Library Survey

Aspen Institute Action Guide and ICMA Library Survey: Insights for Developing Community Engagement Strategies

Sunday, January 22, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Room: Georgia World Congress Center, B406

The Aspen Institute Action Guide for Re-Envisioning Your Public Library, a companion to the Rising to the Challenge report, has been downloaded 1,700 times by librarians, educators and community leaders in 27 countries. Learn how communities are using the framework in a variety of contexts for strategic planning, community engagement and other purposes, and discuss results of the nationwide ICMA-Aspen Institute survey of city/county administrators on the role of public libraries in advancing community goals.

Amy Garmer, Director, Aspen Institute Dialogue on Public Libraries, The Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program

Alice Knapp, President, Ferguson Library

James Ochsner, Director of Library Services, Sutter County Library

Shawn Shaffer, Executive Director, Winter Park Public Library

Interests: Advocacy, Community Engagement, Organizational Change, Outreach Services, Partnerships, Rural and Small Libraries, Strategic Planning, Transforming Libraries, Urban Libraries

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