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on both sides for doing this project, " says Diamond-Ortiz. " This
is really a shared cost. It's not like
in the middle of a pandemic we're
going out and assuming all of that
risk ourselves; it was important to
everyone to know that lots of people in the community wanted this
and we're sharing the cost, whether
that's monetary or sweat equity. "
Ziemnik adds, " We've continued
to push as hard as we can on these
types of collaborations and to make
them successful, because we serve
the same people in many ways. "

pact! Collective impact is the commitment of multiple sectors to work
together toward a common agenda.
Listen to the full conversation between
the authors, Ziemnik and DiamondOrtiz, at tinyurl.com/2jclrgge.

Noah Lenstra, Ph.D., MLIS, is the Assistant Professor of Library
and Information Science and Director of the Let's Move in
Libraries initiative (letsmoveinlibraries.org), at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro School of Education, where he is
an Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
(lenstra@uncg.edu). Teresa L. Penbrooke, Ph.D., CPRE, is the
Director of the Healthy Communities Research Group and
Educator for GP RED (gpred.org), and CEO and Founder of
GreenPlay, LLC, (greenplayllcc.com)(teresap@greenplayllc.com).

Lessons Learned
Some of the key lessons gleaned
from these examples include:
Start small and build. The logistical work needed to bring Library
Storytime and StoryWalk programming to parks paved the way
for larger, more complex initiatives
like the Little Library on the Lake.
Similarly, the relationship building
that Ziemnik and Diamond-Ortiz
established by working together
on a streetscape community planning project set the stage for interinstitutional collaboration.
Know your partner. The more
two partners can understand about
how the other operates, the greater
the likelihood of success, and the
smaller the likelihood of challenges. It is also helpful to talk early on
about what will happen if the project or program doesn't work, and
how you'll support each other if
the worst occurs.
Be transparent. The critical foundations of trust and open communication, which must occur at both
the administrative level and the staff
level, can be used to build and to reaffirm relationships over time.
Communicate collective im	

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