How to Organize and Run a Successful Human Library

• Do you serve a diverse community?
• Do community members sometimes have trouble getting along due to differences in ethnicity, lifestyle, or life experiences?
• Have you ever wondered what it's like to be blind, transgender, or even a nudist?

The Human Library promotes community engagement and combats prejudice by bringing people with unique life experiences together to have open and honest conversations.

"Human Books" represent a host of lifestyles and experiences that are often met with misunderstanding and discrimination. Books and Readers have the opportunity to speak personally and in private in a structured, protected space within a limited time but without any further commitment. The Human Library is a low-cost (even free!) program that will change the lives of each and every person who attends.

Join Julie Winkelstein from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Rachel Foyt from Santa Monica Public Library, and Chelsie Harris from San Diego County Library as they share information about the Human Library, how to start planning a Human Library at your institution, and how to make it successful and rewarding for your community.

At the end of this one-hour webinar, participants will:

• Be familiar with the history and background of the Human Library
• Identify at least three strategies for recruiting Human Books
• Be able to create the necessary print materials to host a Human Library
• Be able to identify the resources needed to host a Human Library at your facility
• Be familiar with event logistics needed to host a Human Library at your facility

This webinar will be of interest to library staff working with the public in all types of libraries interested in establishing a Human Library.

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Presentation Material

Speaker's slides

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Handouts

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Chat, Closed Captioning

Chat: pdf [79kb]

Keywords: Adult services, Outreach, Public services