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Build Relationships with Community Groups

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Question: “What does your community need ?”

Answer:

“The library can help meet that need.”

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Goals of the workshop:

1. Address a community need: The unique challenges facing African Americans in tracing

their Family History/Genealogy

2. Educate staff about African American Family History & Genealogy Resources

3. Promote Library Genealogy Resources

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Two Phase Program

1. Staff Cultural Awareness/Education

2. Public Program

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Collaborate with the community to create the

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Bahiyyah Abdullah, President of the NAACP

……….Most importantly, the NAACP has served as a resource for the library with the

African American Community. This collaboration has enabled us to join

together to educate the whole community about the African American experience as

well as to educate the African American Community about the resources that the

library has to offer.

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“As partners we have built a lasting bridge between the

African American Community and the library.”

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Ocean County Library

Connecting People

Building Community

Transforming Lives

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Valerie Bell – Assistant Director of Public Servicesvbell@theoceancountylibrary.org

732 349 6200 X 5404

Judy Macaluso – Supervising Librarian Branch Services

jmacaluso@theoceancountylibrary.org

732 349 6200 X5405