Creative Communities in Libraries

To register for this webinar please follow this link: https://speakerpreneur.zoom.us/webinar/register/2416750950574/WN_DS5nXKAgRpKJwk2685LclA. Sessions are free and available only to members of the Michigan library community. Registrants will receive instructions and a link to attend the session directly from PCI after they register.

Many libraries have added creative services or spaces in recent years. It is time to take these to the next level by intentionally facilitating creative communities. In this engaging session, we will dive in to what a creative community is, why your library should care, and how to start facilitating one.

We will use activities from the Creative Communities in Library Field Guide to make concrete plans.

As a result of this program, participants will:

• Understand difference between creative services, spaces, and communities
• Identify a creative community opportunity at their library
• Work through the pieces involved in their creative community
• Create a map to help them visualize and improve opportunity for creative community

Instructor: Ben Nielsen is a librarian, an instructional designer, and a VW van lover. He has an MSLS with emphasis in Public Libraries from the University of Kentucky and a MS in Instructional Psychology and Technology with emphasis in Design from BYU. He has worked in both public and academic libraries. Currently he oversees the Software Training Lab at BYU’s Harold B. Lee Library.

Ben loves travel, photography, skateboarding, and bouldering. He currently lives in Utah with his wife and two daughters. You can reach out to Ben at creativecommunitiesinlibraries@gmail.com.

PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library of Michigan.