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
• Overview of Project & Partnerships Diagram

What Librarians Are Doing (Model for Libraries)

• Newsletter Archives-One newsletter is for the community. This is the general newsletter. The other newsletter is to train and inform the partners.

Announcements and Accomplishments (Presentations)

• Transforming Local Government Conference--April 2013
• 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.
• Using the Black Hills Knowledge Network handout--Handout of presentation made to City of Rapid City, SD managers, May 10, 2013.
• Partner Library Training Curriculum--this slideshow trains librarians new to the project. Includes hands-on activities.
• 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.
• Confronting the Future--This is ALA's vision for the 21st Library

Resources

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