Storytelling in Libraries: Making Community

英国紧缩政策的遗产要求重新思考公共图书馆的角色及其在我们社区中的范围和目的，包括将当地图书馆重新想象为“邻里空间”(以前称为“社区中心”)。这个项目将调查讲故事作为社区发展和福祉的工具，重点是图书馆服务如何使用讲故事来将不同的地方社区聚集在一起。通过与卡姆登市图书馆服务合作，CDA将确定在设计和提供基于图书馆的社区建设讲故事倡议方面的最佳做法，并通过公共图书馆内的讲故事实践示范包容性和可持续社区的方法。这篇论文将包括一个可适应和可扩展的故事讲述工具包，可以用作未来在其他库或上下文中推出的蓝图。利用公共图书馆作为社区空间不足以增强社区凝聚力，特别是在卡姆登等非常多样化的地区。正如桑加和赫普沃思(2013)所主张的那样，这需要围绕当地居民的特殊优势和资产设计具体和本地化的计划。这项研究将采取参与性行动办法，从一开始就与社区合作，以便共同设计以特定社区需求为重点的故事讲述。该项目不是采用注重确定和服务需求的基于赤字的社区发展方法，而是采用基于资产的方法，确定和调动个人的微观技能以及现有协会和机构的宏观资产，以促进协作发展(2018年)。这项研究将加深对如何通过讲故事来加强社区凝聚力和与图书馆的接触的理解，方法是在卡姆登提供一系列团体测试案例，以确定如何将图书馆和故事作为社区资产来促进社会转型的最佳实践

The legacy of austerity in the UK has necessitated a rethinking of the role of public libraries and their scope and purpose within our communities, including the re-imagining of local libraries as 'Neighbourhood Spaces' (formerly known as 'Community Hubs'). This project will investigate storytelling as a tool for community development and well-being, focusing on how storytelling can be used by Library Services to bring together diverse local communities. By partnering with Camden Borough Library Services, this CDA will identify best practice in the design and delivery of library-based community-building storytelling initiatives, and model approaches to inclusive and sustainable communities through storytelling practices within public libraries. The thesis will include an adaptable and scalable storytelling toolkit that can be used as a blueprint to roll out across other libraries or contexts in future. Using the public library as a community space is not enough to enhance community cohesion, particularly in very diverse areas such as Camden. As Sunga and Hepworth (2013) argue, this needs specific and localised programmes, designed around the particular strengths and assets of local residents. This research will take a participatory action approach to collaborate with communities from the outset, in order to co-design storytelling focusing on the needs of particular communities. Rather than following a deficit-based approach to community development that focusses on identifying and servicing needs, this project will use an asset-based approach that identifies and mobilizes the micro-skills of individuals and macro-assets of existing associations and institutions towards collaborative development (Nurture Development, 2018). This research will result in a deeper understanding of how to strengthen community cohesion and engagement with libraries through storytelling by providing a series of test cases with groups across Camden in order to identify best practice for how libraries and stories can be used as community assets to engender social transformation