1. Developing a Community-Led Public Library

2. 46% are Library Users, but... 1. Active Users 21% 2. Passive Users 25%
3. Non Users 54%

3. ...54% are Non Users 3. Active Users 21% 2. Passive Users 25%

4. Community
Community
Supporters
Users
Members

5. Needs-Based Middle Class Working Class % of population 37% 62%
Library users
43%
33%
Regular readers
42%
Non readers
13%
27%

6. Strategy
Strategic Plan
Vision
Purpose & Values

7. Structure
Purpose
Mastery
Autonomy

8. Systems
Useful
Desirable
Usable

9. Culture
Strategy
Systems
Structures

10. Community-Led Consultation Needs Assessment & Research
Library Image & Identity
Outreach, Community Development & Partnerships

11. ICT 16-24 year olds Wireless internet Library internet
Top income quartile
88.3%
16.3%
Bottom income quartile
26.4%
26.8%

12. Community-Led Materials provision
Staffing, recruitment, training & education
Mainstreaming and resourcing
Standards & Monitoring

13. Impact
Equality
Well-Being
Public Library

14. Equality Equality / 23 Visits / 32 Finland 2 1 Sweden 4 Denmark 5 3
Canada 12 17

15. Well-Being Well-Being / 34 Circulation / 32 Sweden 3 5 Denmark 4 2
Finland
= 5 1
Canada

16. Value Activity Year Month Library visits $2446 $203
Sport participation
$2028
$169
Arts engagement
$1951
$162

17. Ontario Ontario Canada Well-being +7.3% +7.5% Education +36.0% +36.2%
Community vitality
+15.4%
+10.3%
Leisure and culture
-5.9%
-7.8%

18. Questions?
John Pateman et al (2000) Open to All? The Public Library and Social Exclusion
John Pateman (2003) Developing a Needs-Based Library Service
John Pateman & John Vincent (2010) Public Libraries and Social Justice
John Pateman & Ken Williment (2013) Developing Community-Led Public Libraries