I’m excited to be teaching three courses this spring. Below are the short descriptions and links to the syllabus for each course. It would be great to have each class max out on enrollment! Community Informatics Studio, LIS 490ST: (Syllabus) Studio learning brings together the collective knowledge of the class to work on and implement a… Continue reading My Spring 2015 Courses
Engagement, especially when qualified with words like community, public, or civic, shows up in a lot of contexts. I recently wrote a post about librarians as engagement leaders, and in this post I want to follow up a bit further regarding my current thinking about the purpose of engagement. In a 2012 paper about community-based research, Randy… Continue reading Engagement and Two Forms of Social Change
A number of past American Library Association (ALA) presidents have had initiatives related in some way to libraries and community/civic engagement. The 2012 ALA president, Maureen Sullivan, helped to lead a successful Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant proposal to work with the Harwood Institute to advance library-led community engagement. I strongly agree… Continue reading Librarians as Engagement Leaders
For many of us a community garden is a common area where individuals and families can secure a space to grow food for themselves. It also often becomes a communal gathering space to share stories. But I have been reminded lately of different ways that community gardens can function. For instance, I have a friend… Continue reading Community Gardens
