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Library Services Planning: Diverse Communities
Library Services Planning: Diverse Communities
Library staff can obtain a variety of assistance in planning and refining library services for diverse communities. The State Library provides library services planning assistance which is relevant to all library communities. In addition the following specific tools are provided for libraries attempting to improve the responsiveness of their services to their culturally diverse communities:
- Partnerships For Change (PFC) Training Materials' Excerpts on:
- Community-based Needs Assessments
- Community Coalition Building
- Evaluation processes
- General PFC Planning Process
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Adelante: Recommendations For Effective Library Service to the Spanish-Speaking.
- Keeping the Promise: Recommendations for Effective Library Service to African Americans.
- Harmony in Diversity: Recommendations for Effective Library Service to Asian Language Speakers
- Cultivating Change-Redesigning Library Services Using the Partnerships for Change Approach
- Introduction (pdf)
- Text (pdf)
To obtain any of these materials, contact the State Library's LDS Bureau Reception Desk (csllds@library.ca.gov) , (916) 653-5217.