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Core Webinar: SOS for Library Professionals

Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.



Description:

The creation of a compassionate library ecosystem requires librarians,
paraprofessionals, and supervisors to work in tandem to ensure that the
workplace environment incorporates collegiality, self-care, and an
acknowledgement of personal difference that allows all employees to operate
within a sphere of safety. Incorporating compassionate and respectful
practices into everyday interactions is only the beginning; the process
also includes empowering employees to engage in activities that reflect
their value, support and celebrate individual differences, and provide
opportunities for healthy disagreement.

While the recognition that everyone is different and worthy of respect can
be difficult to achieve, developing a climate that emphasizes this ethos is
essential and worthwhile, especially in times fraught with uncertainty.
Creating this type of environment can be distilled down into three major
elements that will be covered in this presentation: permitting librarians
and library staff to set boundaries related to their work output and input,
building a shared concept of collegiality and practicing those qualities
every day, and promoting and supporting self-care strategies that are
mindful of individual differences. This presentation will discuss how
supervisors can work with their departments to integrate these elements,
leading to a more connected and effective team.


Learning outcomes:

At the end of the webinar, session attendees will learn:

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   How to incorporate practices that promote positivity and well-being into
   their library environments in ways that promote department/team success
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   How respect, boundaries, and self-care can reduce interpersonal stress
   within the library
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   How suggested activities can be scaled to fit their individual
   institutions, leading to actionable items


Who should attend?

Librarians and library administrators working in middle- to upper
management who supervise others.

Presenters:

Elana Karshmer is the Head of Reference & Research Services at New Mexico
State University. She completed her M.A. (L.I.S.) and PhD in English at
USF. In 2009 Elana was named an American Library Association Emerging
Leader, and in 2014, she won the ALA Library Instruction Roundtable’s
Innovation in Instruction award for her work with first-year students.
Elana is also a Past-President of the Florida Library Association and
Florida ACRL. She has a PhD in postcolonial literature, focusing on the
work of South African women writers, and has published articles in the
fields of literature and library & information science. She has presented
extensively both nationally and internationally and is especially concerned
with the role of middle- and upper- administrators in promoting the success
of libraries and libraries in the communities they serve. Elana believes
that her work as a librarian allows her to teach critical thinking in a
more efficient manner. Her work as a literary scholar enhances her ability
to teach research skills and her work as a librarian gives her a unique
perspective on the literary research process; in short, both fields
contribute to one another and help her develop new ways of reaching
students, faculty, and colleagues.

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Registration fees for webinar: Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10;
Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1537

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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