Black Hills Knowledge Network Project History

 Background (Strategic Plan)

• Project Overview- Two-page overview of project content and partnerships.
• Mission Statement, Goals & Objectives
• Strategic Plan
• Project Coordinator Job Description

What Librarians Are Doing (Model for Libraries)

• Partner Libraries Training Agendas from April 2011 and September 2011.
• Agenda and Handout for Writing for the Web Training--February 2, 2012. Video of the training coming soon!
• Email Updates for Partner Libraries-These updates keep the partners informed of training events, updates to the website, and project developments as they occur.

Announcements and Accomplishments (Presentations)

• Black Hills Area Mayors, February 2011
• Rapid City Mayor, October 2011
• Web Junction Presentation to Librarians, August 2011
• Montana Fall Workshop Conference, October 2011

Partners & Support

• Custer County Public Library
• Deadwood Public Library
• Phoebe Apperson Hearst Library, Lead
• Grace Balloch Public Library, Spearfish
• Sturgis Public Library
• Wall Public Library
• Whitewood Public Library
• The Nerdery
• Black Hills Area Community Foundation-- Forums on health and wellness, education and the economy have been scheduled with state and national leaders speaking on these issues.

Resources

• Collaboration and Connection: How Foundations Partner Effectively to Address Their Community’s Information Needs--Report and guidance from the Knight Community Foundation on developing collaboration projects, February 15, 2012.
• Knight Community Foundation's Information Toolkit--Site that helps you measure the health of the local information cycle in your community
• Knight Community Foundation Community Information Checklist
• The second configuration of the Black Hills Knowledge Network used Wikidot, a free software to help create wikis on the web. Get started using Wikidot here.

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