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Align Library Services with Community Aspirations:
The most successful library services are often those that help the community meet its aspirations while also honoring the unique purpose of the library. But balancing the community’s goals and the library’s scope is not always an easy task. When Audrey Barbakoff
teaches library workers how to co-create services with their communities, there are questions she hear most often. What if the community’s goals are much different than what we traditionally think of as a library issue? What if they have nothing to do with
books, reading, or even education? How do we support the community and stay in scope?
Together We Heal: Exploring Mental Health Peer Support at the Library:
More and more people are turning to libraries for mental health resources. Learn how one library in rural Texas is supporting its community members’ mental health with creative programming
and resources that take a whole-person, whole-community approach.
Advancing IDEAs: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility,
20 February 2024: This is the latest
Hanging Together blog post, part of a regular series on
issues of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility, compiled by a team of OCLC contributors.
WebJunction Webinars
These upcoming webinars are open for registration. If you can’t attend a live session, all WebJunction webinars are recorded and available
for free in the Course Catalog.
Creating a person-centered library: supporting patrons while avoiding burnout
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
◆ 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
◆ 90 minutes
Registration:
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/creating-person-centered-library.html
Are you feeling the strain of serving patrons with complex needs? Is your library seeing increased patron behavioral issues and mental health concerns? This session reviews ideas and approaches
for how libraries can support both high-needs patrons and staff. As a result of this webinar, you will be able to:
Leadership strategies for building connection and diffusing difficult situations
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
◆ 3:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Pacific
◆ 60 minutes
Registration:
https://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/leadership-strategies.html
As library staff, our collective morale and goodwill are often eroded by a tidal wave of factors including book challenges, budget constraints,
staffing shortages, toxic online discourse, and an increasingly divided culture. In times like these, searching for common ground might sound naïve or idealistic, but intentionally cultivating these mindsets can have a profound effect on your organizational
culture, communication, problem-solving, and mental health. This webinar introduces skills grounded in the “Good Inside” approach, and will cover practical strategies to develop empathetic, curiosity-led leadership that assumes good intent in moments of conflict
and stress, along with actionable communication skills for connection and cooperation.
This program is supported in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Thank you,
Cathy Lancaster
Youth Services Coordinator
Library of Michigan
702 W. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48915
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