Reading Between the Lines: How Libraries Can Better Serve Diverse Communities

Reading Between the Lines: How Libraries Can Better Serve Diverse Communities

Join us for an enlightening discussion on the critical role of diversity in libraries with esteemed guests Dr. Nicole Cooke and Dr. Mónica Colón-Aguirre.

Shelf Help: How Social Workers and Libraries are Collaborating for Community Change!

In this episode, Sharita Sims, New York Public Library's manager of Community Wellness Programs, joins Cearra for a meaningful conversation library and social work programming. This fun interview delves into community advocacy and Ms. Sim's impressive social work intern program. Ms. Sims' work is admirable, and this is a conversation that everyone in LIS can benefit from listening to.

Partnering for Progress Through Library and Social Work Collaborations!

In this episode, Lee Patterson, the Social Work Director for Richland Library, joins Cearra for a meaningful conversation about the power of library and social work collaborations. This interview outlines Richland Library's social work department's services to its patrons. It sets the blueprint for practitioners and libraries that want to begin creating meaningful collaborations but don't know where to start.

The Making of a Trauma-Informed Library

In this episode of The Change Talk Podcast, Cearra chats with Professor Patrice Penney, a clinical social work professor in USC's College of Social Work, about the makings of trauma-informed care! Resources: A Trauma-Informed Framework for Supporting Patrons: The PLA Workbook of Best Practices: https://amzn.to/44uxsUa Trauma-Informed care in behavioral health services: a treatment improvement protocol. (2014). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/d7/priv/sma14-4816.pdf

Change Talk: Helping People Change Through Motivational Interviewing

In today’s episode, Professor Danielle Marx joins Cearra for a meaningful conversation about better-supporting community relationship building and development through motivational interviewing. While MI is most commonly used in client and clinician settings, its techniques and processes can easily be adaptable in all types of libraries. Resource: Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2013). Motivational interviewing: Helping people change (3rd edition). Guilford Press.