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The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is looking for stories from libraries who have done, or are doing, community engagement work.  We are interested in learning what that experience has looked like in your library and what the results have been for your institution/community.

Please take our survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CEstories

Examples of community engagement work might include, but are definitely not limited to:

• hosting a conversation with residents to discuss a divisive topic
• an information campaign to educate residents about a topic before an election or referendum
• learning what services or programs a certain segment of the community needs and revising library offerings/activities based on what you heard

Your submission may be used as an example in a forthcoming book, "Empowering Communities: The Library and Community Engagement" (working title), edited by Mary Davis Fournier and Sarah Ostman, to be published by ALA Editions; or featured on ALA's Programming Librarian or Libraries Transforming Communities websites. If your library's story is selected, you will receive acknowledgement credit in the book or on the relevant website.

Questions? Please contact ALA’s Public Programs office at publicprograms@ala.org.

Thank you!

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Sarah Ostman

Communications Manager

American Library Association
Public Programs Office

312-280-5061