Program Description

This session will provide you with evidence-based knowledge you can use to articulate the ingredients that go into successful partnerships in libraries.

You’ll learn how to recognize when a partnership is flourishing, when it is floundering, and when you should part ways with a partner.

You’ll leave this session confident of your ability to find partners, cultivate working relationships with them, and keep the partnership fresh and impactful. You’ll also learn how to advocate for the time you need to cultivate these relationships.

Presenter Bio

Noah Lenstra is an associate professor of Library & Information Science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He received his M.S. and PhD in Library & Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His work takes a community organizing approach to the teaching and research of public librarianship.