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Libraries as Safer Spaces


Libraries as Safer Spaces | ALA

In this document, the goal is to have more insight into what a safer space is and what you can do to help your library be seen as a safer space in your ...

Libraries as Safe Spaces - GLSEN

LGBT youth can use your library to enrich their lives as they search the web, read and explore your collection to learn about themselves and the world around ...

The library – a safe space for everyone

Today, more than ever, students need a welcoming and safe library space which is, at times, a refuge from the everyday pressures they face.

"The Library as Safe Space" by Rachel S. Wexelbaum

Purpose: This chapter will explain how libraries define safe space through policies, procedures, and professional codes of ethics. The chapter will generate ...

Student Health & Well-Being: How Libraries Can Create Safe Spaces

Libraries have always existed as resource centers, information hubs, and safe havens for children and young adults.

(PDF) The Library as Safe Space - ResearchGate

The author of this chapter will explain how libraries define safe space through policies, procedures, and professional codes of ethics.

Why do people feel safe at the library? - Ian Phillips' Blog

On average, 84% of people think that public libraries are a safe place. And this includes feedback from library users and people who don't ...

How Libraries Provide Safe Spaces for (All) Youth - IFLA

IFLA released a paper exploring how libraries are working to provide safe spaces for youth. In doing so, they offer useful lessons on how to overcome the ...

Making Libraries a Safe Space for Communities and the Library Staff ...

The recently released Urban Library Trauma Study examines workplace trauma faced by library staff and explores strategies to make libraries ...

Libraries as Safe Spaces

Libraries are taking an active role as safe spaces where LGBTQ people can gather, have access to essential information and resources, and be a part of their ...

IST 605: Libraries as Safe Spaces - LibGuides at University at Albany

It finds that school libraries can be highly valued for their capacity to foster belonging and sanctuary and allow exposure to books and ...

Literacy Focus: Welcoming Places, Safe Spaces - Publishers Weekly

Camargo said that the concept of public libraries as we know it is often quite different abroad, especially in Spanish-speaking countries. “Here ...

Libraries become safe spaces for those seeking refuge from ... - ABC

Libraries might be a treasure trove for book lovers but they're also serving communities as a first port of call for people experiencing ...

Public sphere institutions or safe spaces — can libraries be both?

Public libraries have often been viewed as integral parts of the Habermasian public sphere and arenas for democratic dialogue. At the same time, ...

Safe Place | St. Louis County Library

All 20 branches of St. Louis County Library are designated Safe Places. The designation allows a young person in crisis to begin the process of receiving help.

Should Public Libraries be "Safe Spaces"? | Szetela

A Missouri Bill Would Cut Off Aid to Libraries that Allow Kids to Access 'Age-Inappropriate Sexual Materials.'

People are celebrating libraries and it's so wholesome - Upworthy

A story shared on Twitter about how the library was a safe space for a person with disabilities who was lost, and it prompted a flood of responses from ...

Are Libraries your safe place? : r/books - Reddit

Other research shows that for African American college students the library may be one of the only racially neutral safe spaces on campus, even ...

The case for public libraries: Creating a safe place for everyone

Public libraries provide a uniquely valuable space for all sectors of society - open, welcoming and free. Fostering communities of readers, and ...

Combining efforts: Libraries as mental health safe spaces | Thomas

We believe that the library is a central place to seek authoritative information on cumbersome topics.


The Prairie

Novel by James Fenimore Cooper https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQKCqNADAbaVil_k0u_i4ytCaOj1N08E7o73dNpkhGB2d9QckjG

The Prairie: A Tale is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the third novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. His fictitious frontier hero Bumppo is never called by his name, but is instead referred to as "the trapper" or "the old man".

Hallows Eve QT and BIPOC Story Telling