Date/Time
1/24/2022 - 1/27/2022
There will be webinars Monday - Thursday Event Registration
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Monday, January 24, 2022
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Taking Care of Self, Staff, and Community Self-care is important. Everywhere you look there are articles promoting the value of self-care: eat healthy, get plenty of sleep, exercise regularly. It can be exhausting just reading about all the things we should be doing to feel better! How can we help self-care feel less like a burden and more like genuine kindness and nurturing? What if we could tap into our larger community to bolster our own well-being while increasing social cohesion for all? There is a continuum – from self-care to staff (workplace) care to community care – that gets stronger as it fans out from solo activity to broader inclusive action and impact. Learning Objectives:
References: https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/taking-care-of-self-staff-and-community.html Presenters: ![]() ![]() Tuesday, January 25. 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Words Matter: Mindful communication that creates caring connections Employing mindful communication strategies creates opportunities to demonstrate caring and enhance connections within the library community. Utilizing mindful communication can also avoid retraumatization for those individuals who have experienced trauma. Learning objectives:
![]() Wednesday, January 26, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Library Safety as Burnout Prevention: Reframing Safety and Security for Staff Sustainability Learning Objectives:
![]() Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Self-Care: How to Increase Productivity while Avoiding Burnout Increasing demands from our public for various library services can and will create an environment for burnout as a result of heavy workloads. While some stressors are unavoidable, prolonged exposure to it can cause detachment, pessimism, and a loss of enjoyment in the public library profession. During this session we will explore approaches on how to identify and overcome stressors while retaining optimal levels of efficiency during our workday. Learning Objectives:
Presenter: ![]() Nicole has spent some of her career within the social services arena, developing programs and meeting constituents' needs. Currently, she assess the delivery of library services, by employing trauma-informed methods, to transitional populations in public library branches and homeless shelters in Brooklyn, N.Y. She received her MLS degree from Long Island University. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Be the Change: Improving staff morale from within Presenter Haley Holmes from the San Antonio Public Library will talk about her experiences leading staff from all levels of the organization to create an environment where everyone has the opportunity to be heard. Operation Transformation was a three year project that resulted in more staff engagement, recognition, and innovation. Haley will explain how the project started and outline several of the initiatives that were created as a result to address the need to improve morale in a workplace with over 500 employees in 30 locations. Learning Objectives
Haley K. Holmes, Ph.D., is the Central Library Public Services Administrator for the San Antonio Public Library overseeing Reference Services, Childrens, Texana/Genealogy, the Latino Collection and Resource Center, and Circulation. Haley has been with the San Antonio Public Library for 17 years, serving as a branch manager for 7 years and Coordinator of Services to Adults for 3 years. Before moving to San Antonio, she worked in academic libraries and at the Library of Congress. She is the coauthor of Library Programming Made Easy, part of the “A Practical Guide for Librarians” series and a 2020 Library Journal Mover and Shaker. Location
Online via Zoom
UNITED STATES Contact Person
Details
Who should attend: All staff
Competency: Customer Service, Safety & Security Non-Member Cost: $50 NEO-RLS Bronze Member Cost: $37.50 NEO-RLS Silver Member Cost: $25 NEO-RLS Gold Member Cost: $10 Contact Melissa Lattanzi if you are interested in registering your library. Archive links will be available only to participating libraries and individuals who have registered. The archived content will be made available to everyone in 2023 through our Archived Webinar Library. This event is supported by the State Library of Ohio with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It’s never too late to save your library money. NEO-RLS Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join. Tell a Friend
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