Libraries that build business : advancing small business and entrepreneurship in public libraries
2022
Book
Libraries have a distinctive role to play in the small business ecosystem and can effectively partner to complement existing business services in the community. A nationwide initiative that launched in 2020, Libraries Build Business (LBB) aims to build capacity in libraries offering programming or services to local entrepreneurs and the small business community, prioritizing low-income and underrepresented entrepreneurs. And libraries have already begun to transform communities, with programs ranging from one-on-one business consultations, classes, and workshops to networking and equipment lending, as the many initiatives spotlighted in this book demonstrate. Serving as powerful models of how libraries and their staff can advance innovation and economic growth on any budget and scale, these examples will inspire you to plug into your own community while guiding you through the nuts-and-bolts of making it happen.
Item Details
ISBN: 9780838938409
Description: xvii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes: Includes index.
LCCN: 2022934323
Control Number: 3231462
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : ALA Editions, 2022.Series:
Subjects:
- Businesspeople -- Customer services -- United States.
- Economic development -- United States.
- Libraries and adult education.
- Libraries and business.
- Libraries and industry.
- Public libraries -- Customer services -- United States.
- Public services (Libraries) -- United States.
- Small business -- Customer services -- United States.
Other Authors: Janicki, Megan, editor.