Keep your colleagues, patrons, and yourself safer by learning best practices for sustaining library safety.
Safety concerns are on the rise at libraries, and it can be difficult to know your options for managing these challenges. Learn trauma-informed practices for de-escalation and conflict in order to promote safety in your library and classroom in our online course on Thursday, March 7.
Library Leaders' Safety Summit: Continuing the Conversation
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Explore practical ways leaders can help create safer libraries by supporting mental health issues, building community partnerships to support safety, managing crisis communications and frontline support, and more.
This online course, featuring new content, is a continuation of our previous in-person and online safety events. If you have not attended our previous events, not to worry! Register early to get access to the archived content, and join us as we discuss how best to approach safety, security, and wellness in libraries.
Trauma-Informed Librarianship: Centering Relationships and Care
Thursdays, April 11, 18, 25, 2024
Explore trauma-informed librarianship in both internal and external contexts so that you’ll learn how to engage with and support patrons affected by trauma while also taking care of yourself and setting healthy workplace boundaries. You’ll also learn how to contribute to a trauma-informed work culture.
In this crash course, you will learn trauma-informed, equity-centered practices for de-escalation in order to maintain a calm environment at your library. You will learn tools that focus on proactive preparation to ensure you are set up for success and can diffuse potential moments of conflict or tension. Live sessions will be available on-demand.
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