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Teri DeVoe
Associate Deputy Director, Grants to States
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Lynn Williamson
Chief of Neighborhood Library Services
Free Library of Philadelphia
Naquawna Letman
Library Assistant
Culinary Literacy Center, Free Library of Philadelphia
Storm Rhodes
Library Assistant 2, David Cohen Ogontz Library
Free Library of Philadelphia
Chera Kowalski
Assistant to the Chief of Staff
Free Library of Philadelphia
Shahada Abdul-Rashid
Community Initiatives Specialist
Free Library of Philadelphia
The Free Library of Philadelphia’s “Skills for Community-Centered Libraries” provides community engagement training for staff across the library, including clerks, library assistants, digital resource specialists, librarians, and administrators. Hear how this project, funded by IMLS, has helped staff develop new skills in researching neighborhood assets, facilitating community meetings, and contributing to the Free Library’s existing community engagement initiatives. Staff from across the library will share the most promising outcomes and strengths from the project and some of the most powerful exercises and techniques that attendees can put to use in their own libraries.