Libraries Build Communities
January 12th, 2006Over the next two weeks, I will be the finishing touches on a book manuscript on event blogging (which I’m writing with Marydee Ojala). I’ll probably take a week off from formal writing (yes, I’ll keep blogging) and then dive into my next big writing project. And that is…
Libraries Build Communities is a blog that will be used to support a book that Chrystie R. Hill and I are writing. We just signed the contract with ALA Editions are very excited to research, learn, and collaborate with each other.
The book will deliver to librarians a process-based approach to community building based not only on what libraries have done in the past but ideas for future community building as well (online and off). Using case studies and theories from social network analysis, social capital, and public places, we hope to deliver practical methods for libraries of all shapes and sizes.
We will use the blog to help build up case studies, discuss questions for interviewees, and ask advice from readership. So, put the feed in your aggregator and join us on what will prove to be a an exciting journey for all of us.