Staff Bio
Lauren Wittek
Communication Specialist, Region 4
As the NNLM Region 4 Communication Specialist, I focus on leading Region 4’s bi-directional communication strategy. I have an MLIS from the University of Washington and a BS in Marketing from the University of Maryland.
Classes I Teach
| Event Title | Summary |
|---|---|
| Cancelled - Course 1: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Community-Based Librarianship (March 10– March 21, 2025) | This 2-week online course introduces the concept of community-based librarianship using design theory and appreciative inquiry. |
| Cancelled - Course 2: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Asset-Based Community Development (March 24 - April 4, 2025) | This 2-week course describes the principles of Asset-Based Community Development as a tool for building community coalition and for community storytelling. |
| Cancelled - Course 3: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Collective Impact (April 7 – April 18, 2025) | This 2-week online course describes the essential elements of Collective Impact approach to community engagement, based on design theory. |
| Cancelled - Course 4: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Grassroots Leadership (April 14 - April 25, 2025) | This 2-week online course uses the knowledge and tools presented in previous courses of the series, and explores the process to construct a framework for a community development initiative and the role of librarians in grassroots leadership activism. |
| Course 1: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Community-Based Librarianship | This 2-week online course introduces the concept of community-based librarianship using design theory and appreciative inquiry. |
| Course 1: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Community-Based Librarianship (August 30 - September 12, 2024) | This 2-week online course introduces the concept of community-based librarianship using design theory and appreciative inquiry. |
| Course 1: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Community-Based Librarianship (December 2 – December 13, 2024) | This 2-week online course introduces the concept of community-based librarianship using design theory and appreciative inquiry. |
| Course 1: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Community-Based Librarianship (May 31 - June 14, 2024) | This 2-week online course introduces the concept of community-based librarianship using design theory and appreciative inquiry. |
| Course 2: Building Successful Collaborations with Communities: Asset-Based Community Development (December 16 - December 27, 2024) | This 2-week course describes the principles of Asset-Based Community Development as a tool for building community coalition and for community storytelling. |
| Course 2: Building Successful Collaborations with the Communities: Asset-Based Community Development | This 2-week course describes the principles of Asset-Based Community Development as a tool for building community coalition and for community storytelling. |
