Program Type:
Online CourseProgram Description
Event Details
Three-week Course + Workshop | Live sessions February 18, 25, and March 4 | 11:00 am - 12:45 pm
Time Commitment: approximately 15 hours
Revolutionize your approach to user-centered services by implementing co-design practices in your library.
Co-design, also known as participatory design or co-creation, is a process that brings together designers and end-users to collaboratively develop solutions, products, or services. Co-design is crucial for library programs and outreach because it places the patrons and community at the center of development and decision making, ensuring that their perspectives, experiences, and needs inform the final outcome. In this three-week, interactive online course, you will gain the knowledge and practical skills needed to engage with patrons, stakeholders, and community members to rebalance power dynamics and collaboratively shape your library’s services, programs, and outreach.
Join us and learn how co-design – based in empathy, iteration, and multidisciplinary collaboration – can help you create programs and outreach strategies that have tangible impacts in the communities you’re intending to serve.
The live sessions run on Tuesdays, February 18, 25 and March 4, from 11:00 am-12:45 pm PST (recordings available) with an ongoing facilitator-led workshop over 3 weeks. Don’t miss this opportunity!
Learning Objectives
After you leave this course, you should have the ability to:
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Understand the foundations of co-design
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Understand how co-design can be applied to libraries
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Acknowledge implicit bias throughout your co-design process
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Know tactics to gather community interest and input
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Use data to understand and reach your community
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Understand methods for enacting co-design
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Establish appropriate metrics for evaluating success
CALL Training Partner for this Event: Library Journal
Additional Information
Enrollment Statement
I understand that a space will be reserved for me in this learning opportunity at a cost to CALL, and if I am unable to attend this learning opportunity, I will cancel my enrollment as soon as possible and before the start date.