Brooklyn Public Library

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), in partnership with Bureau Blank, will launch the BPL Incubator, a formal process by which library staff can submit ideas for community-based projects, gain staff and community feedback, and compete for funding to pilot a community-based project. The project team will engage staff and patrons in a process for developing and testing new programming ideas; pilot promising short-term projects; design scalable and adaptable library programs that leverage existing community resources; and create a replicable staff and community engagement framework and open source web app. By engaging the community in this project, BPL will create a pathway for Brooklynites to deepen their relationship with the library and take advantage of BPL's many educational, recreational, and informational services.