[Michlib-l] Public Innovators Lab for Libraries: Oct. 14-16, 2015

[David Votta]

This is a great opportunity. Please share widely. I attended the lab in 
2013 and it remains the single best professional development  experience I 
have ever had. If anyone has questions I am happy to field them.

Thank you,

David

David Votta
Community Engagement Librarian
Midwest Collaborative for Library Services (MCLS) 
Lansing, MI & Indianapolis, IN 
Phone:  (800) 530-9019 ext 122
Phone:  (517) 492-3822 
Fax:    (517) 492-3886
vottad at mcls.org






ALA and the Harwood Institute for Public Innovation have just announced 
our 2015 Public Innovators Lab for Libraries. This year's training will be 
held October 14-16 in Detroit. Please join us!
 
See below for more info or register online: 
http://www.cvent.com/events/the-harwood-ala-public-innovators-lab-for-libraries/event-summary-ccaa319151c541a7b81cc9ec75579d23.aspx 

 
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ALA, Harwood Institute announce Public Innovators Lab for Libraries 
community engagement training opportunity
 
http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/07/ala-harwood-institute-announce-public-innovators-lab-libraries-community
The American Library Association (ALA) and The Harwood Institute for 
Public Innovation have announced an intensive three-day training 
opportunity to help libraries strengthen their role as agents of positive 
change in their communities. 
The Public Innovators Lab for Libraries will be held Oct. 14 - 16 at the 
DoubleTree Detroit Downtown – Fort Shelby. Librarians, community partners 
and stakeholders in libraries of all types — public, academic, school and 
specialty libraries — are encouraged to register.
Through discussions, hands-on activities and collaborations with 
like-minded library professionals, participants will learn to:
tap libraries' natural values to contribute to the greater good and bring 
their communities together;
surface people’s shared aspirations for their communities through 
conversations and help bring them to life; and
use that knowledge to create programs and strategies to address challenges 
people care about and make the community stronger at the same time.
Participants must register online by Oct. 2. The cost is $1,495 for the 
first person from an organization and $995 for each additional person. 
Team participation is encouraged.
For more information, visit ala.org/LTC.
The ALA-Harwood Institute partnership is based on the idea that libraries, 
by virtue of their trusted position in their communities, are uniquely 
suited to help solve challenges of all types, from literacy to drug 
epidemics to distrust in government.
The Public Innovators Lab for Libraries will be based on Harwood’s 
“turning outward” approach, which emphasizes making the community the 
reference point for getting things done. This shift in orientation is 
achieved through practical steps: taking measures to better understand 
communities; being proactive about community issues; and putting community 
ambitions first.
The lab was recently enhanced to be even more hands-on, applied and 
practical. In May, nearly 300 Texas librarians participated in three new 
labs through a partnership between The Harwood Institute and the Texas 
State Library and Archives Commission.
Libraries and library professionals around the country are already using 
The Harwood Institute’s approach to:
lead conversations with community members to better understand the kind of 
community they want and the challenges they see;
bring stakeholders together to get past gridlock and work on issues that 
matter to people;
improve library programming to be more relevant and connected to the 
struggles people face; and
better connect with underserved and often invisible populations in 
communities.
The Public Innovators Lab for Libraries is offered as part of the ALA’s 
Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC) initiative. The initiative 
addresses a critical need within the library field by developing and 
distributing new tools, resources and supportfor librarians to engage with 
their communities in new ways.
About the American Library Association
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library 
association in the world, with approximately 58,000 members in academic, 
public, school, government and special libraries. The mission of the 
American Library Association is to provide leadership for the development, 
promotion and improvement of library and information services and the 
profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access 
to information for all.
About The Harwood Institute
The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is a national nonprofit 
organization based in Bethesda, Md., that teaches and coaches people and 
organizations to solve pressing problems and change how communities work 
together. The institute is guided by Richard C. Harwood, whose 
transformational work during the past 25 years has spread to thousands of 
communities nationally and worldwide, from small towns to large cities.
 
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Sarah Ostman
Communications Manager
Public Programs Office
American Library Association
312-280-5061
 
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