Community Partners

Community engagement is an ongoing commitment every library director and library board member should consider incorporating into their workflow. What it will look like will depend on you, your library, and your community.

While there is no one pathway for developing community engagement which every library can follow, there are many resources providing a variety of tools, so library directors and board members working with their community stakeholders, can create a successful community engagement plan.

Community Resources

These four areas — Education, Economic Development, Workforce Development, and Basic Needs – contain contacts in your region of Idaho. These are agencies and organizations whose mission complements the mission of libraries: to serve the community. This is not, by any means a complete list, but is meant to help you get started in identifying viable partnerships for your library.

Idaho Regions Map
Idaho Regions Map
Idaho Regions Map
Idaho Regions Map

Why is this important?

Today’s world of information is changing quickly. It has always been a tough road to go alone, but today even more so.

Here are some basic tips

How do I get Started?