PROJECT SCOPE
Improving Library Partnerships with Immigrant Communities
LINA launched in 2021 with financial support from the Institute of Museum and Library Studies (IMLS), Grant RE-250026-OLS-21
LINA is aimed at reframing how librarians approach immigrant engagement by
✔ exploring immigrants’ information pressures in an increasingly hardline U.S. immigration environment
✔ distilling community-centered recommendations and assets for effective library engagement with communities
The purpose is to advance knowledge of immigrant well-being and acculturation with the goal of increasing libraries’ capacities to serve as trusted spaces.
PROJECT GOALS
Needs Assessment
Gather stakeholder feedback
Instruction
Develop multi-level training
Dialogue
Facilitate awareness
Words for the Way Healing PostCard Gathering
Sunday, February 22, 2026 7pm EST/4pm PST
Sign Up Here // Space is Limited
Library workers are invited to this is an intimate, intentional space held on a Sunday evening to help us center ourselves for the week ahead. To keep this gathering small and soulful, please only register if you can attend so that every seat at our virtual table is filled. Artist Teresa M. Davis will demonstrate the Healing Postcard activity’s potential for library programming. This simple draw-and-write exercise can be a powerful tool for community building and quiet advocacy.
What to bring:
A few pieces of paper or postcards
Your favorite pens, markers, or coloring supplies
An open heart
We look forward to creating something hopeful with you.
SIGN UP FOR THE LIBRARY WORKERS FOR IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES LISTSERV
FREE ONLINE COURSE
ILPI Cohort 2 starts MARCH 1, 2026
exclusively for Maryland library workers!
REGISTER HERE
