Incubating Creativity at Your Library: A Sourcebook for Connecting with Communities 1st Edition Laura Damon-Moore

Incubating Creativity at Your Library: A Sourcebook for Connecting with Communities – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780838919026,9780838918623,9780838918784,9780838919033,0838919022,083891862X,0838918786,0838919030

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 083891862X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0838918623
• Author(s): Laura Damon-Moore; Erinn Batykefer

Creativity needs a platform. As technology consultant David Weinberger puts it, “A platform provides resources that lets other people build things.” The library is an ideal platform, and in this book Batykefer and Damon-Moore share the experiences of numerous creative library workers and artists who are making it happen. Their stories will show you how to move beyond merely responding to community needs towards actively building a platform with your community. And best of all, you don’t need to start from scratch―rather, you amplify what’s already working. Filled with ideas and initiatives that can be customized to suit your library and its community, this book

• discusses the four elements (Resources, Invitations, Partnerships & Engagement, and Staff) and the two lenses (Community-Led and Evaluation) of the Creative Library platform;
• outlines six steps for surveying your community’s artistic landscape;
• gives methods for expanding partnerships and connections with individuals and organizations through exploration, hands-on learning, and engagement with the community;
• shares perspectives on the “ideal library” from several artists, with three examples of artist-in-residence programs;

Table contents:

1. The Creative Library Platform
2. The Elements: Resources
3. The Elements: Invitations
4. The Elements: Partnerships and Engagement
5. The Elements: Library Staff
6. The Lenses: Community-Led Invitations
7. The Lenses: Evaluation
8. The Creative Library Platform in Practice
9. Packaging and Sharing the Creative Library Platform
Appendix A. The Library as Incubator Project Kit: The Great Poetry Hunt
Appendix B. Online Form: Data Collection for Program Assessment
Bibliography
Index

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