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Library Partners

For libraries running community programs that need a home.

Public libraries already do the work of the village — story time, senior programs, literacy support, civic gatherings, free wifi for households that can't afford it. The platform is the missing weekday infrastructure: keep your members connected between events, broadcast the calendar both publicly and privately, coordinate volunteer hours.

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What Library Partners Get

Public + Member Calendars

One calendar Mini, two visibility tiers. Public event listings reach Google and prospective members. Closed events stay inside the library circle.

Member Directory (Opt-In)

Regulars find each other. The book club meets the writing group meets the genealogy circle, because they were always in the same building anyway.

Reader Sub-Circles

By interest area — local history, fiction club, business resources, ESL learners, parents — each its own sub-circle of the library's main circle.

Volunteer Coordination

The 80-year-old who has been shelving on Tuesdays since 2003 gets a coordination tool that actually fits how libraries run.

Community Health Layer

Calendar overlap with social services, food access, senior nutrition programs, civic registration drives. The library at the center of the local network.

Multi-Branch System

For library systems: top-level system circle, branch sub-circles, program sub-sub-circles. The DAG model fits the way libraries actually compose.

The Pilot Pattern

FCPL is the prototype partner (codes FCPL-PILOT-2026 and FCPL-FRIENDS-2026 represent the first library partnership). The model expands by referral — library system to library system, librarian to librarian. The platform aims to be the kind of tool libraries quietly recommend to each other.

Branch Circleper-physical-branch home — events, members, volunteers
Programs Sub-Circlesstory time, makerspace, book clubs, ESL — each its own circle
Volunteer Cohortsshifts, training, recognition — coordinated within the circle
Cross-System Threadslibrary staff networks across systems — peer support, idea sharing

Library Directors

If you're at a library considering this for your community, reach out. We work with you to set up the structure your system actually has.

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