[Michlib-l] Join a Building Community-Based Summers virtual cohort this Fall!

Mon Aug 11 10:16:51 EDT 2025

There is still time to apply to join a Building Community-Based Summers<https://communitybasedsummers.org/> virtual cohort this Fall. Check out a short BCBS video<https://youtu.be/ILsvKrDenLE?si=IJmqC6RNmsatv00_> <https://youtu.be/ILsvKrDenLE?si=IJmqC6RNmsatv00_> for an idea of what this cohort is about. Further details below and deadlines for applying can be found by following the links for the 2 cohort options.

Thank you,

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
My Pronouns: She/Her/Hers - See www.mypronouns.org<http://www.mypronouns.org/> to learn more.

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Public library workers in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana are invited to apply to participate in Building Community-Based Summers (BCBS), a series of learning and discussion sessions held online. BCBS is designed to help libraries build strategies to work with their communities to provide summer programs and services that are inclusive of all.
Selected participants will engage with a cohort of library staff to dig deeply into inclusive summer services. Participants will work with the facilitators and each other to consider what impact summer programs are having on those that need them the most.
Each participating library should be represented by a team of at least two staff members. Libraries are encouraged to send staff from across departments and can include Youth Services and/or Adult Services staff, programming coordinators, summer library program coordinators, outreach staff, and administrators. Participation in the BCBS initiative will require, of all team members:

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Active attendance and participation using cameras, shared whiteboards, and breakout sessions.
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Participation in an introductory orientation before the learning sessions begin.
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Additional work will be required within your library and community to begin to consider and assess your existing and planned summer programs and services through an equity lens. Expect to spend approximately 1-2 hours/week doing this work, in addition to the virtual sessions.

If you are interested in participating in a virtual BCBS cohort, you have two options to apply for:

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A new Ohio/Michigan/Indiana Tri-state Cohort! This cohort will offer up to 11 sessions (some deep dives, some optional check-ins), with the Youth Services Consultants from Michigan and Ohio, the Adult Services Consultant from Ohio, and each other to consider what impact summer programs are having on those that need them the most.
To learn more and apply to the Tri-State BCBS Cohort, go to : Tri-State BCBS Cohort Invitation to Apply<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a9EIw-Akqjl-Qa1GpVPpNxtSE4rYkgWV5K1MMtAUn4Q/edit?usp=sharing>.
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The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) sponsors this six-session interactive BCBS discussion series, held over the course of two months this Fall.  Selected participants will have the opportunity to engage with a nationwide cohort of library staff to dig deeply into inclusive summer services.
To learn more and apply to the CSLP BCBS Cohort, go to the CSLPBuilding Community Based Summers<https://www.cslpreads.org/building-community-based-summers/> site.

We recommend that you consider your work schedules and apply to a cohort that fits best, however you are welcome to apply to both, too.
History of BCBS
This series is based on the <https://communitybasedsummers.org/> Building Community-Based Summers<https://communitybasedsummers.org/> framework developed as part of a grant from the <https://www.imls.gov/> Institute for Museum and Library Services<https://www.imls.gov/>. Learn more:

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BCBS website<https://communitybasedsummers.org/>
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BCBS IMLS grant<https://www.imls.gov/grants/awarded/re-252358-ols-22>
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History of the BCBS project<https://communitybasedsummers.org/meet-bcbs/history/>

Questions? Contact any of us:
Katy Hite<http://khite@library.ohio.gov/>, Adult Services Consultant, State Library of Ohio
Janet Ingraham Dwyer<http://jdwyer@library.ohio.gov/>, Youth Services Consultant, State Library of Ohio
Cathy Lancaster<mailto:LancasterC5 at michigan.gov>, Youth Services Coordinator, Library of Michigan

Cathy Lancaster

Youth Services Coordinator

Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
My Pronouns: She/Her/Hers - See www.mypronouns.org<http://www.mypronouns.org/> to learn more.

LancasterC5 at michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5 at michigan.gov> | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan>
Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/libraryofmich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/>

Join the MiYouth<https://lists.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/miyouth> Listserv, created for Michigan public library staff to share and discuss children and teen programming and services.

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Nourishing Michigan’s Future during the summer!

Find a Summer Food Service Program site nearest you and encourage Michigan’s children to Meet Up and Eat Up! Michigan.gov/MeetUpEatUp<http://www.michigan.gov/meetupeatup>.

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