Abstract
This article examines how the opening of a new public library branch in an underserved neighborhood helped members of that community organize to improve the quality of their lives. Building the branch required the library system to connect diverse groups and interests.
Highlights
This article examines how the opening of a new public library branch in an underserved neighborhood helped members of that community organize to improve the quality of their lives
Urban Library Journal, 15(2) 2009. Coupling this definition of community organizing with reflection on the evolution of the public library makes it easy to view a local library as a community organizer
When a library system finds a particular constituency that has been isolated from the benefits of the library, it needs to organize and understand library services within that community and to work with those constituents to determine what is most needed and valued
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Volume 15 Issue 2 Special Issue: Library Services for Special Populations 5-1-2009. Follow this and additional works at: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/ulj Part of the Library and Information Science Commons. Organizing Together: The Library as Community Organizer. When the library received a Librarians for America’s Neighborhoods grant from the Urban Libraries Council, Ms Canham-Clyne was able to complete her Master’s in Library Science at Southern Connecticut State University in 2006. She trained in community organizing with an Alinksy-inspired faith-based organization. Prior to becoming a librarian, Ms Canham-Clyne was director of volunteers for a nonprofit hospital
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