Building a Trauma-Informed Workplace to Support Library Staff
Project tags:
equity & inclusion
information policy & ethics
social justice
Social Impact & Social Justice Award
Our capstone project works to address the issue of unaddressed public library staff trauma through a paper and website. These texts overview public library workers’ experience of trauma, defines trauma-informed care, examines its use within the public library setting, and provides strategies to incorporate those principles for public library staff support. Our project serves to educate library staff and the public about the experiences of library workers and as a call to action to incorporate trauma-informed practices into library staff support so that library staff wellbeing is prioritized.
Project sponsored by: Cindy Aden
Project participants:
Vivian Edwards
MLIS Online
Ruby Vail
MLIS Online