A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO EXPANDING COMMUNITYOUTREACH AND IMPACT

Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is an organization that brings
knowledge and information to people in under-resourced
communities by providing them with access to books and digital
materials, expanding the reach of libraries, training facilitators
in post-emergency situations, and addressing the needs of those
communities. LWB is currently building partnerships with public
library systems around the country in order to identify—and
ultimately remove—barriers to access, by building and implementing
sustainable outreach strategies. LWB engaged a Capstone team
to produce a database of innovative and effective library outreach
strategies. This database will grow LWB’s toolkit of best practices,
allowing the organization to scale a model of community partnership
across the ecosystem of public libraries in the United States.