The core mission of libraries is to serve their communities, especially their information needs. What are best practices for reaching out to your community and understanding what their needs are? What does community engagement mean for library staff? How can engaging your community help with issues from book challenges to patrons needing social services? LM is highlighting topical Library Science titles from our collection in occasional emails. Here are selected titles on libraries and community service purchased recently. You can search MeLCat for LM titles and you can also check our New Library Science Collection titles at https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/libraries/libsci. Click on the ANSWER catalog link and use “Library Science Collection” as one of the search terms in the Advanced Search – Notes field and you will pull only the library science collection titles.

REMINDER: Titles are available through interlibrary loan only right now, as our MeLCat delivery is temporarily offline while we prepare to move to a new catalog. You can find the information on interlibrary loan borrowing from the Library of Michigan here - https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/about/libuseguidelines/guideforlibraries/interlibrary-loan-guidelines. The page references state employees, but libraries may also borrow from the collection through interlibrary loan. Please feel free to contact me if you have any issues getting a title.

Community Services titles:

• Public libraries and their communities : an introduction / Kay Ann Cassell / Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
• Ask, listen, empower : grounding your library work in community engagement / edited by Mary Davis Fournier and Sarah Ostman / ALA Editions, 2021.
• Crowdsource your library, engage your community : the what, when, why, and how / Sara A. Fiore / Libraries Unlimited, 2019.
• Libraries and the substance abuse crisis : supporting your community / ALA Editions, 2020.
• Incubating creativity at your library : a sourcebook for connecting with communities / Erinn Batykefer and Laura Damon-Moore / ALA Editions, 2019.
• The relevant library : essays on adapting to changing needs / edited by Vera Gubnitskaia and Carol Smallwood / McFarland & Company, 2018.
• From library volunteer to library advocate : tapping into the power of community engagement / Carla Campbell Lehn / Libraries Unlimited, 2018.
• Public library collections in the balance : censorship, inclusivity, and truth / Jennifer Downey / Libraries Unlimited, 2017.
• Transform and thrive : ideas to invigorate your library and your community / Dorothy Stoltz / ALA Editions, 2018.
• Recipes for mindfulness in your library : supporting resilience and community engagement / edited by Madeleine Charney, et al. / ALA Editions, 2019.

The Library Science Collection at LM is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

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Karren Reish

Library Grants Coordinator

Library of Michigan

517-241-0021,  www.michigan.gov/lsta

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