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.