Overview
Libraries are essential spaces for learning together.
They provide opportunities to create new knowledge, connect with community resources, and enrich school learning.
Global Family Research Project
● Documents the policies, professional learning activities, and practices that enable libraries to be vital spaces for family engagement.
● Shapes policy conversations about strategies to promote family engagement by leveraging library assets and building public-private partnerships.
● Facilitates communities of practice and uses social media strategies to support libraries’ learning from each other’s successes and challenges.
Featured Resources
Libraries Family Engagement Research
Living Ideabook
The Living IDEABOOK is a digital extension of IDEABOOK: Libraries for Families.
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Libraries Family Engagement Research Policy
Public Libraries: A Vital Space for Family Engagement
Libraries provide families a welcoming environment in which to learn, to connect with other parents, and to find other community resources that can help them thrive.
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Libraries Family Engagement Research
Ideabook: Libraries for Families
Libraries are no longer just about books—they are increasingly becoming the educational, technological, and social hub of communities across the nation.
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Libraries Family Engagement Global Capacity Building
Staff Engagement Sparks Family Engagement
Diane Banks describes Toronto Public Library’s process for developing a family engagement strategy.
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