Webinars
13 April 2021
Mental Health First Aid and Trauma-Informed Approaches for Libraries
This webinar explores how the principles of trauma-informed care and Mental Health First Aid can equip staff with the knowledge and confidence to communicate with compassion.
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24 March 2021
Strengthening Communities: Food Access at Your Library
This webinar shares examples of library food access initiatives including seed libraries, community gardens and farmers markets.
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05 February 2021
Resources for Wellbeing: Toolkit Tour for Rural & Small Libraries
This webinar will introduce tools for helping libraries improve social wellbeing in their communities, created from the Rural Library Service & Social Wellbeing Project.
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22 October 2020
One Step at a Time: How Libraries Can Promote Healthy, Thriving, and Livable Communities
This webinar highlights the multiple benefits of walking and walkable communities and how libraries can help lead community efforts.
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06 August 2020
Opportunity Out of Adversity: Digital Access in Rural and Small Libraries
If we are intentional, we can use these circumstances to grow our organizations and to address the digital access disparities in small and rural communities. A webinar hosted in collaboration with ARSL.
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29 April 2020
Social Work Students and Public Library Partnerships
This webinar will provide information on how libraries can collaborate with social work interns and programs, to provide critical services to community members and training and support for library staff.
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13 April 2020
OCLC Virtual Town Hall: Libraries and the COVID-19 Crisis
A 90-minute virtual town hall exploring how libraries of all types are managing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
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31 March 2020
Call to Action: Public Libraries and the Opioid Crisis
This webinar will present a newly published call to action, offering strategies for public libraries to consider as they determine a local response to the nationwide opioid crisis.
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17 December 2019
Community Health Challenges: Training, Language and Programming for Libraries
This webinar will highlight approaches, resources, and programs that can help reduce stigma and fear surrounding the opioid crisis, and promote healthier communities.
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30 October 2019
Public Libraries Partner to Respond to the Opioid Crisis
This webinar will present examples from new case studies of libraries who are serving as active partners in addressing the opioid crisis in their communities.
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