[SEO-Members] Building Community-Based Summers: Tri-State In-Person Workshops

[jdwyer at library.ohio.gov]

Cross-posted. Please excuse duplication.

Building Community-Based Summers (BCBS)<https://library.ohio.gov/libraries/training-and-development/building-community-based-summers/building-community-based-summers> helps libraries develop new thinking and strategies about summer services. BCBS encourages library workers to explore the purpose, or "Why," behind their summer programs and activities, to rethink traditions, and to connect meaningfully with their communities, especially individuals and groups experiencing marginalization.

Two in-person BCBS Workshops are being offered in November for librarians and library workers who are interested in evaluating and reassessing their summer services.

Attendees will participate in a variety of activities to help them view their summer services through fresh eyes at a critical time of the year as they plan for next summer. The facilitators will share a brief history and background about BCBS for those unfamiliar with the project, and details for those who wish to explore the BCBS learning topics and strategies in more depth. The workshops will also include much time for discussion and sharing, to learn what libraries are planning to better reach all their communities and to provide ideas and strategies to address challenges.

Both workshops will cover the same content. Register for the date and location of your choice. These workshops are offered at no cost to library workers from Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Lunch is on your own.

Thursday, November 5, 2026, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm at the Main Library, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, 325 N. Michigan St, Toledo. Free parking is available.
Register here for the Toledo workshop<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZx8gfRZl-BlIHYSKO3icfnKUdZ_p3ZDEK_sADru_w7o8ywQ/viewform>.

Thursday, November 19, 2026, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm at the Meijer Branch, Jackson District Library, 2699 Airport Rd, Jackson, Michigan. Free parking is available.
Register here for the Jackson workshop<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1Yb7wpQAC-otz3NxunHMOfMprZMcqi-0HmxJ8ShVFCSfr2A/viewform>.

Read more about the BCBS workshops<https://events.library.ohio.gov/event/17518636> and learn more about BCBS<https://www.cslpreads.org/community-based-summers/>.


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Janet Ingraham Dwyer
Youth Services Library Consultant
Library Programs & Development
State Library of Ohio
35 E. Chestnut St., Floor 5
Columbus, OH 43215-2477
614.644.6910
jdwyer at library.ohio.gov<mailto:jdwyer at library.ohio.gov>
library.ohio.gov<https://library.ohio.gov/>

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