1. 15th Annual Library Leadership Institute: Libraries at the Crossroads
Social Issues and the Library: Leveraging the Physical and Virtual Presence of the Library To Affect Change in Communities
15th Annual Library Leadership Institute: Libraries at the Crossroads
Bangkok, Thailand
John F. Szabo
May 14, 2017

2. LIFELONG ACCESS LEARNING EQUITY DIVERSITY/ INCLUSION OPPORTUNITY
ACCESS
LIFELONG
LEARNING
EQUITY
DIVERSITY/ INCLUSION
OPPORTUNITY
EMPOWERMENT

3. Public Libraries: Engines of Development
Public Libraries: Engines of Development

4. IFLA, The Lyon Declaration
The Declaration states clearly that access to information supports development by empowering people to:
Exercise their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights
Learn and apply new skills
Make decisions and participate in an active and engaged civil society
Create community-based solutions to development challenges
Ensure accountability, transparency, good governance, and empowerment
Measure progress on public and private commitments on sustainable development.

5. Our Major Initiatives Immigrant integration/citizenship
Our Major Initiatives
Immigrant integration/citizenship
Addressing health disparities – health information and services
Financial literacy
Workforce development
Veterans

7. Your Path to U.S. Citizenship Begins at Los Angeles Public Library
Your Path to U.S. Citizenship Begins at Los Angeles Public Library
“Citizenship Corners” established in all 73 Library locations
Training for Library Staff
Library partners with community organizations to provide classes and events in all 73 libraries 7

8.
Path to Citizenship
Over 37,000 people have taken their first step on the path to citizenship at the Library.
Offered more than 2,900 programs, classes, workshops on naturalization
Over 20 community partner organizations

11. Preventing Summer Slide
Preventing Summer Slide
Summer Reading
15,000+ Meals in Summer 2016
600+ Eye Exams 11

13. The Go-To Place for Health Information
The Go-To Place for Health Information
Staff trained on Covered California, MediCal and other options to better serve patrons with the Affordable Care Act
Partnering with nonprofits to provide outreach, education and enrollment in our libraries
Working with our partners to provide health education and services in our libraries
Developed health web portal to integrate our health eMedia with our regular health collection.

15.
Veterans’ Resources

21. Long-term strategic benefit Meets an important community need
The “why”:
Audience building
Advocacy
Long-term strategic benefit
Meets an important community need 21

27. Questions for discussion:
Is your institution engaged in work of this nature?
What are ways that this approach can translate for academic libraries?
How can you help your university/institution address an issue that they would not immediately think of the library as part of the solution?
How can you make the library even more the center of university life and academics?
How might this change how faculty, staff, students and administration think about the library?

28.
Thank you! 28