The Southeastern Michigan League of Libraries, SEMLOL, is happy to announce our Spring meeting and professional development session: *“Trauma-Informed Librarianship:* * Ensuring Our Patrons’ Comfort and Safety.” * Our meeting will be held via Zoom on April 22, 2022, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.. Please follow this link <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trauma-infomed-librarianship-registration-304045567477> to our EventBrite page and sign up for this no cost session. (flyer is attached)
"What does Trauma-Informed Librarianship mean, and why should libraries be a part of it? Marna M. ClowneyRobinson, University of Michigan
"Designing instruction for survivors of loss: lessons from a course on end-of-life healthcare" Jarrod Irwin, Eastern Michigan University
During this program, our presenters will talk about what it means to be trauma-informed, why it is vital to the library’s role, and how to incorporate this information in our practice. Please see the attached flier for the schedule. We welcome librarians from all types of libraries, as well as students and professionals from outside the field to attend so we can share and learn from each other how to best meet the needs of our library communities. Please forward this invitation to anyone else you think may be interested in attending. After the presentations,we will hold a short business meeting, including a comment session for feedback on our new governance guidelines. (attached for you to preview here) <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YkahYthrf9_MlEvVryio36lW0qG6rsGcMiOV1aP1KhA/edit?usp=sharing> We look forward to seeing you on April 22 and hearing your voice concerning the future of our organization! *SEMLOL Executive Board South East Michigan League of Libraries* Amy Seipke - Chair, Executive Board P.S. If you are receiving this as a forward please come to https://www.freelists.org/list/semlol-l to add yourself to our mailing list in order to receive updates on our activities. _____________________ Gary R. Cocozzoli Director of the Library Lawrence Technological University 248-204-3000 gcocozzol@ltu.edu (or) grc@ltu.edu Visit the Library at http://library.ltu.edu