This week on the #RoadToAnnual, @edrabinski visited the Rossville Community Library in Kansas. In addition to all the great programs and resources for families, they offer a suite of office services to support small businesses.
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ALT Rossville Community Library Director Christi McKenzie poses with ALA President Emily Drabinski in front of book shelves.
ALT ALA President Emily Drabinski interviews Sean Bird, President of the Kansas Library Association and Senior Associate Dean, Washburn University.
From mayors to city councils, local governments can parter with their community's libraries to get resources and services to small business owners and entrepreneurs!
Thank you to the @usmayors for hosting our #LibrariesBuildBusiness program to share more:
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ALT Helping Your Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses: ALA presents to U.S. Conference of Mayors
Thank you to @usmayors for hosting ALA's Megan Janicki to discuss how #LibrariesBuildBusiness in communities nationwide.
From mayors & city councils to economic dev. offices, community leaders can partner w/ libraries to deliver tools, training, & value for small businesses!
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Long before WeWork, libraries were the original co-working spaces. But since the coronavirus pandemic started, libraries are evolving to better serve remote and hybrid workers.
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The #LibrariesBuildBusiness Communications Toolkit will help you engage with community stakeholders and let your small business and economic development
community know what the library can do.
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Hear about @lapubliclibrary's program to help street vendors be successful and how academic librarians are helping students fine-tune their business ideas on this edition of @amlibraries Call Number.
#LibrariesBuildBusiness
Ep. 83 highlights how libraries and librarians are supporting small business owners—particularly those who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. | bit.ly/CN-Ep83
Happening now: @LibraryPolicy Congressional briefing for our #LibrariesBuildBusiness
Library leaders and small business development experts on Capitol Hill to share the work libraries do to empower small business owners & entrepreneurs. @leagueofcities
Our team in DC is about to get started with our #LibrariesBuildBusiness Congressional briefing!
Library leaders and small business development experts are on Capitol Hill to share the work libraries do to empower small business owners & entrepreneurs.
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Looking to expand economic development opportunities at your library?
ALA’s #LibrariesBuildBusiness & @EBSCO are co-sponsoring the ELC Pitch Competition - submit your library's pitch & compete for $10,000 in funding prizes!
Learn more & apply by Mar 24: entrelib.org/elcpc2023/
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Have an idea for a program at your library to support economic development?
ALA’s #LibrariesBuildBusiness & @EBSCO are teaming up to co-sponsor the ELC Pitch Competition - submit your pitch & compete for $10,000 in prizes!
Learn more & apply by Mar 24: entrelib.org/elcpc2023/
It was amazing seeing so many library superstars at the #LibrariesBuildBusiness chat at #JCLC2022 -Check out their answers to our conversation starter!
And thank you to the incredible reps from the LBB cohort libraries for joining us with @Lessa4Libraries!
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ALT Picture of ALA President Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada and several Libraries Build Business cohort library reps standing in front of the ALA booth at JCLC2022
It was amazing seeing so many library superstars at the #LibrariesBuildBusiness chat at #JCLC2022 -Check out their answers to our conversation starter!
And thank you to the incredible reps from the LBB cohort libraries for joining us with @Lessa4Libraries!
ALT Picture of a poster board with the question "How does your library support economic opportunity?" and two dozen sticky notes with various answers to the question
ALT Picture of ALA President Lessa Kanani'opua Pelayo-Lozada and several Libraries Build Business cohort library reps standing in front of the ALA booth at JCLC2022
Come say hi! @Lessa4Libraries and the #LibrariesBuildBusiness cohort are going strong on the Exhibits floor!
Question of the day: How does YOUR library support economic development?
ALT Picture of ALA President Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada and ALA staff member Megan Janicki on the JCLC exhibits floor