Community Co-Design: How to Collaborate with Your Community

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Course Details

Available starting October 27, 2025
On-Demand Online Course
16 Credit Hours
Recommended for program and outreach librarians and other stakeholders involved in creating library programs and services. This course is appropriate for all levels of library staff.

About This Course

Revolutionize your approach to user-centered services by implementing co-design practices in your library.

On-Demand Materials:
Available starting October 27, 2025

Co-design, also known as participatory design or co-creation, is a process that brings together designers and end-users to collaboratively develop solutions, products, or services. Co-design is crucial for library programs and outreach because it places the patrons and community at the center of development and decision making, ensuring that their perspectives, experiences, and needs inform the final outcome. In this fully self-paced, interactive online course, you will gain the knowledge and practical skills needed to engage with patrons, stakeholders, and community members to rebalance power dynamics and collaboratively shape your library’s services, programs, and outreach.

Join us and learn how co-design – based in empathy, iteration, and multidisciplinary collaboration – can help you create programs and outreach strategies that have tangible impacts in the communities you’re intending to serve.

 


NOTE: This course is hosted on our new learning platform. At checkout, you'll be prompted to log in or create an account. If this is your first time using the new platform, you'll need to register a new account. For more information about Library Journal's new learning platform, check out our FAQ.

See full pricing details below. Get our best rates when you register a group of 3 or more!


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After you attend this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand the foundations of co-design.

  • Understand how co-design can be applied to libraries.

  • Acknowledge implicit bias throughout your co-design process.

  • Know tactics to gather community interest and input.

  • Use data to understand and reach your community.

  • Understand methods for enacting co-design.

  • Establish appropriate metrics for evaluating success.

Who should take this course

This course is for program and outreach librarians and other stakeholders involved in creating library programs and services. This course is appropriate for all levels of library staff.


This will be a self-paced, asynchronous online course.



Expected time commitment

This course includes 4 modules, each designed to take approximately 4 hours to complete. You can move through the content at your own pace and on your own schedule. You'll earn 16 hours of PD credit and a Library Journal certificate of completion.

On-demand access

You will have access to all course materials for 6 monthsfrom course start date or enrollment date, if enrolling after course starts.


Certificate of completion

Complete the course and earn 16 professional development credit hours. We provide a certificate that is emailed to you.

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Discounted rates are available for a limited time only. Secure your tickets now to lock in the best price.



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Deadline

October 27, 2025

 

Ticket Price

$239

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Group Rates

We offer discounts for groups of 3 or more.

For larger groups of 15 or more, we offer the option to apply group rates across multiple courses to receive significant discounts. For more information, select “Bulk Course Credits Packages” in the form below.

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