Krystin Parkinson leads Strategic Planning & Engagement at Hamilton Public Library and is currently working with the City of Hamilton. Krystin excels in crafting influential stories and strategies from complex business challenges, building cross-functional relationships and facilitating engagement in the private and public sector.
Library as Laboratory: Creating a Community Research Platform
Hamilton Public Library and McMaster University are taking their partnership to the next level by establishing a Community Research Platform. It provides McMaster researchers with managed access to HPL customers to facilitate community-based participatory research, and supports HPL’s applied research and evaluation projects which inform professional practice and demonstrate the value of libraries. If you attended this session, please complete a brief session evaluation here.