Collaboration and Learning Strategies for "Turnaround" Libraries

You may have heard about turnaround schools. Schools that are low-performing and need dramatic, comprehensive interventions for a quick turnaround. But what do you do when a library is low-performing? This is a case-study of a low usage, urban, and Title 1 school library in Virginia. This session will address what a new library coordinator and the school division's first male, black librarian did to increase usage and circulation in a single year, after the library was essentially closed for two years. Strategies that will be examined involve microcredentialing for classified staff, authentic professional learning, resource solicitation, and collaborative programming. We want you to come away with ideas focused on growth and hope for your libraries because we all know THAT library for whatever reason has high turnover and low usage.