The Massachusetts Library System is pleased to announce that we have contracted with PCI Webinars to provide our members with access to their live webinars.  These webinars are free to MLS members who register through our calendar. Please do not register directly with PCI. Members who register directly with PCI are responsible for paying their registration fee. 

Please help us keep MLS sponsored training free for all members. If you are unable to attend the live webinar, please cancel your registration. A cancellation link can be found in your confirmation email, or you may contact Sarah Donnelly at sdonnelly@masslibsystem.org to cancel. 

Because we are working with an outside vendor, it is important that you cancel your registration in the event that you are unable to attend the live webinar.  A recording of the webinar will be available on the PCI Webinars Niche Academy website about a week after the live webinar.  If you have any issues registering or signing into the PCI Webinars Niche Academy website, please let us know.  Please do not contact PCI Webinars or Niche Academy directly about their live webinars or webinar recordings.

Description

This PCI webinar will give library leaders tools to bring trauma-informed care into day-to-day management and library structures. Participants will learn how to better support staff and their communities, handle difficult situations, and build a work environment where folks feel safe, respected, and seen.

This session starts with laying the groundwork for understanding trauma and trauma-informed care, then moves into practical ways to apply these principals in library management. Through potential scenarios and guided discussions, participants will explore how trauma-informed approaches can help navigate workplace challenges and create healthier team dynamics. Participants will also be given some reflective prompts to continue to build and create trauma-informed workspaces after the session.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of this program, attendees will learn how to:

• Clearly define trauma and trauma-informed care.
• Recognize the need to trauma-informed approaches in library work.
• Identify tangible ways to enact trauma-informed principles to workplace policy, leadership, and public service.
• Build library spaces that reduce harm, are trauma-informed, and support team morale.

Presenter

Leah T. Dudak is a former librarian and current Ph.D. candidate at Syracuse University’s Information School. Dudak’s research looks at public libraries and the trauma that library staff encounter giving attention to supporting library workers, systemic issues contributing to trauma, trauma-informed care, and librarianship. She currently works with Urban Librarians Unite as their research assistant, helping with the 2022 trauma study along with the forthcoming peer support network. She holds an MLIS from the University of Illinois.

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