Webinar: Building Joy-Centric Libraries

Are you feeling weighed down by worries, like budget, collection, or staffing challenges? You need tools to sustain your psychological safety and critical role in our social infrastructure.

Library joy is more than a feeling! It is a choice and call to everyday practices of connection, empowerment, and wellbeing. And it isn’t a heavy lift... in fact, it can all start with a few tiny seeds.

Join this interactive workshop designed specifically for library staff seeking joyful practices to build connection and community engagement. Author and library professional Rebecca Hass will share practical tools and lead us in joy-centering reflection and discussion.

Don't miss this opportunity to plant seeds of positive pshychology to improve staff and customer retention and morale. 

In this webinar, you will:

• Identify one potential issue that can be heightened in times of challenge and transition
• Explore the positive psychology framework and tools to integrate into collaborations, meetings, and projects
• Engage in three joy-centric exercises and ways to integrate these into your work with communities

Guest presenter Rebecca Hass (she/her/hers) is the programming and outreach manager for Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL) and author of 101 Seeds for Library Joy. Prior to AACPL, she served in librarianship and management with the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Ramsey County Public Library. Rebecca received her MLIS from Dominican University in 2008 and her Life and Engagement Coaching Certificate from Anne Arundel Community College in 2022. Rebecca integrates positive psychology practices with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) approaches in libraries, community engagement, coaching, and consulting in her business, Joy Work, LLC.

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EVENT NOTES

Registration Details | Not sure you can make it to a live webinar? Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recorded version when it is available. Registration is limited. Deadline for registration is seven days prior to the event. Webinar access information will be emailed to registrants prior to the event.

Recording | When you participate in a SCKLS webinar, a photographic, video or audio recording may occur. If you want your image or voice removed from the webinar recording, you must notify in writing SCKLS Training Specialist Katherine Hughes at least 24 hours in advance of the webinar. Absence of written notification grants SCKLS all rights to the webinar recording for educational purposes.