Ask, Listen, Empower: Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement. Mary Davis Fournier and Sarah Ostman, eds. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions, 2020. 176p. Paperback, $44.99 (ISBN: 978-0-8389-4740-1).

Alasdair Ekpenyong

Abstract

In Ask, Listen, Empower: Grounding Your Library Work in Community Engagement, editors Mary Davis Fournier and Sarah Ostman provide an effective guidebook for libraries seeking to develop a “community engagement librarian” position and expand or reimagine their approach to community programming. The book provides both theoretical foundations and practical steps for implementing an intentional and socially conscious community engagement practice.

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