Public library workers play an important role in sharing reliable community information, and 211 MB can help.
Learn how 211 MB can help libraries guide patrons to government, health, and social services and how libraries can support local Information and Referral in Manitoba.
Please send questions about 211 MB to Philip Wolfart at pwolfart@unitedwaywinnipeg.ca
It’s not as boring as it sounds!
This presentation is about developing a strategic plan for library programming that aligns with your community’s social development goals. It features some fun interviews with community stakeholders, along with thoughts and insights on the power of connection, partnership, and community engagement in creating meaningful programming.
Community-led programming can be an incredibly powerful way to connect with vulnerable communities. But how do you actually do it? There are lots of templates for leading a toddler storytime or starting a kids’ book club, but few nuts-and-bolts resources available about community-led programming, and no one right way to implement it.
In this panel session, we’ll talk with library staff who are building relationships and doing community-based work with children and families in a variety of settings. We’ll explore different models for community-led programming, discuss the barriers that can make this work challenging to initiate and sustain, and hear about the rewards that make it meaningful. Audience participation is encouraged; please bring your questions and your own stories so that we can support and inspire each other in this important, exciting work.
Handout with panel participant contact information and links is attached and is also reproduced below:
Connecting the Dots with Children and Families:
The Principles and Realities of Community-Based Work in (and out of) Libraries
Children and Teen Services (CATS) Conference
Kelowna, BC
October 7, 2019
Session Participants:
Facilitator: Els Kushner, Vancouver Public Library
Panelists:
Links:
VPL’s guidebook for staff doing community-based or community-led work. Includes numerous honest real-life examples of successes, challenges, roadblocks, and stumbles, as well as tools and resources for dealing with such.
Notes and links stemming from a BCLA Conference session on SRC programs serving First Nations communities, a panel discussion which included two of today’s panelists, Ruth Cooper and Beth Dimond. Includes excellent resources relevant for wishing to build stronger community connections.
Includes links to a comprehensive Community-Led Toolkit; a shorter Community-Led Service Guide for staff; and a page on Top Five Barriers to Library Access and Recommendations for Eliminating those Barriers
An in-depth examination of the barriers that can keep low-income and marginalized people and communities from accessing library services and resources, the ways in which library culture often exacerbates these barriers, and some methods for identifying and addressing those barriers, based on the work of the Working Together Project starting in 2004.
Service dogs are increasingly visible in society, but do you know how to behave around one?
Jocelynn Johnson shares personal stories and provides tips for interacting with service animals and their humans.
Jocelynn Johnson, is a Geospatial Analyst for the Government of Manitoba.
While part of an average Winnipeg family, at age seven Jocelynn went from having perfect hearing to being completely deaf overnight from meningitis. She became the first child in Manitoba to receive a cochlear Implant. In her twenties, she had to have it removed after a medical incident, effectively losing her hearing for a second time. As a result, she has gone between existing in the hearing world, the deaf world, and the grey area in-between.
Since receiving her Hearing Ear Service Dog nearly nine years ago, she has recognized a gap in education about service animals, and has strived to narrow this gap by educating formally or informally whenever possible. Jocelynn is the co-chair and founder of the Civil Servants with Abilities Network and a founder of the Deaf Professionals Network. She is also President of the Manitoba GIS Users Group.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx