Public library support of families experiencing homelessness

Terrile, Vikki

doi:10.1080/10796126.2016.1209166

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“…The second most common focus area of the reviewed CI initiatives is related to (2) supporting children's and families' health and psychosocial well-being, typically describing partnerships between various regional actors. Many of the CI initiatives in this category were related to supporting psychosocial well-being among families with children with various adversities such as homelessness and adverse childhood experience and factors such as parental mental health problems, poverty, and violence (Cox 2018;Cox et al 2018;Evans et al 2014;Cutuli and Willard 2019;Forstadt et al 2015;Cohen and Price 2015;Homel et al 2015, Niemelä et al 2019Terrile 2016;Wills et al 2019).…”

Section: Multiregional and Local Partnerships And Their Their Backbonmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this thematic area, partnerships included social and healthcare professionals as in the case of one CI focusing on crime prevention (Homel et al 2015) and another CI dealing with childhood trauma (Wills et al 2019). Other partners outside the traditional service providers included all available nongovernmental organizations like churches and NGOs (Niemelä et al 2019) and local libraries (Terrile 2016). All CI initiatives were related to psychosocial well-being and health, except for two (Terrile 2016;Cox 2018;Cox et al 2018) which were operated in multiple regions and included local partners.…”

Section: Multiregional and Local Partnerships And Their Their Backbonmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Collective Impact Partnership and Backbone Organizations as Enablers of Children’s Well-Being

Virtanen¹,

Ristikari²,

Niemelä³

2020

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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In this entry, the question of partnership is approached from a perspective centered around the creation of a common agenda based on trust and from the children's point of view. Partnership and collaboration have traditionally been viewed as mechanisms to create bridges between organizations and institutions from the private, public, and nongovernmental sectors in order to enhance funder collaboratives, public-private partnerships, multistakeholder initiatives, social sector networks, and collective impact initiatives. It was not however until Kania and Kramer's (2011) seminal work on collective impact when this subject came to be viewed as a developmental process aiming at the creation of a common agenda and mutually agreed activities and consisting of five integral parts: a common agenda, shared measurement systems, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and backbone support organizations. This entry, based on a systematic review of the topic, maintains that partnershipapproached from the point of view of children and through the lens of collective impactconstitutes a crucial mechanism in the creation of safe and comprehensive wellbeing for children. Thus, this entryusing Kania and Kramer's (2011) definition of collective impact and focusing on the structure of partnerships and the nature of trust in organizations as the prerequisite for partnershipadvocates the importance of the UN SDG17 principle as the bringer of inclusive society built upon principles and values, a shared vision, and shared goals that place people at the center of human endeavor.

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Section: Multiregional and Local Partnerships And Their Their Backbonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Multiregional and Local Partnerships And Their Their Backbonmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collective Impact Partnership and Backbone Organizations as Enablers of Children’s Well-Being

Virtanen¹,

Ristikari²,

Niemelä³

2020

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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“…This includes identifying and removing barriers that prevent people from using the library. • Collaboration: We must engage communities, partner effectively with other agencies, and engage in and lead collective impact efforts (Terrile 2016).…”

Section: Library Supporters Must Continue To Promote Library Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

The Value of California’s Public Libraries

Cole

Stenström

2020

Public Library Quarterly

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The purpose of this paper is to show how Californian libraries deliver value, by taking a preliminary value framework previously developed from a study of academic literature, and applying it to the public library landscape in California. A "bricolage" approach was used to develop an evidencebased framework of value and subsequently to gather data about Californians' use of and attitudes about public libraries. The framework was developed through an extended literature review and applied across data gathered through a survey of residents, interviews with library stakeholders, a review of statistics on library usage, and a review of the outcomes of grantfunded programs in California public libraries. The most significant outcome of our project is a unique value proposition for California's public libraries. These libraries deliver value for individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole. They provide opportunities and support for learning and knowledge development, health and wellbeing, community development, and economic development. Value is delivered through a unique combination of resources, people, and space. California's public libraries are largely offering services that are valued by the public; however, public awareness of the range and nature of services offered remains lower than desired. Practitioners can use the evidence-based framework and the unique value proposition to better understand the aspects of their library services that offer most value to their communities, and to make more persuasive cases for library support. This paper is the first to use an evidence-based framework of value in assessing the impact of California's public libraries.

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“…At the same, libraries themselves are under assault. In cities suffering the effects of the foreclosure crisis, the dearth of property taxes can results in drastic cuts to library services at a time when local residents need them the most (Terrile, 2016). There is inequality across and within library systems (Sin, 2011).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The American Library Association includes helping the poor as part of librarians' job description (Anderson, Simpson, and Fisher, 2012), and some urban libraries even add social workers to their staff (Blank, 2014). While themselves under assault, libraries often compensate for the decline of other public services by providing educational opportunities for poor children, job search assistance, free access to information, as well as helping bridge the digital divide (Bertot, McClure, and Jaeger, 2008;Frederiksen, 2015;Hodgetts et al, 2008;Terrile, 2016). As access to formal education becomes more difficult, libraries can provide alternative spaces for learning (Mickiewicz, 2015).…”

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The Public Library as Resistive Space in the Neoliberal City

Aptekar¹

2019

Preprint

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With reduced hours, decaying infrastructure, and precariously positioned staff, local public libraries provide much needed services in cities devastated by inequality and slashed safety nets. In this article, I draw on ethnographic research of a small public library in a diverse, mostly working class neighborhood in Queens, New York. I show that in addition to providing an alternative to the capitalist market by distributing resources according to people’s needs, the library serves as a moral underground space, where middle class people bend rules to help struggling city residents. Although the library occasionally replicates hegemonic ideologies about immigrant assimilation, it provides a striking example of cross-class and inter-class solidarities and resistance to the neoliberal social order. I conclude by discussing the potential of public libraries as everyday spaces of subversion and emancipation, as well as research sites for urban scholars.

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Public library support of families experiencing homelessness

Cited by 20 publications

References 9 publications

Collective Impact Partnership and Backbone Organizations as Enablers of Children’s Well-Being

Collective Impact Partnership and Backbone Organizations as Enablers of Children’s Well-Being

The Value of California’s Public Libraries

The Public Library as Resistive Space in the Neoliberal City

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