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Creating a Person-Centered Library - Best Practices for Supporting High-Needs Patrons
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Creating a Person-Centered Library provides a comprehensive
overview of various services, programs, and collaborations to help
libraries serve high-need patrons as well as strategies for
supporting staff working with these individuals. Public libraries
are struggling to address growing numbers of high-need patrons
experiencing homelessness, food insecurity, mental health problems,
substance abuse, and poverty-related needs. Creating a
Person-Centered Library will help librarians build or contribute to
library services that will best address patrons' psychosocial
needs. The authors, experienced in both library and social work,
begin by providing an overview of patrons' psychosocial needs,
structural and societal reasons for the shift in these needs, and
how these changes impact libraries and library staff. Chapters
focus on best practices for libraries providing person-centered
services and share lessons learned, including information about
special considerations for certain patron populations that might be
served by individual libraries. The book concludes with information
about how library organizations can support public library staff.
Librarians and library students who are concerned about both
patrons and library staff will find the practical advice in this
book invaluable. Provides a comprehensive overview of the various
services, programs, and collaborations that can help public
librarians address their patrons' needs Teaches library directors
how to support staff working with high-need patrons Offers best
practices for libraries providing person-centered services and
shares lessons learned Connects person-centered libraries to recent
conversations related to diversity, equity, and inclusion Examines
timely lessons learned about cultural and societal impacts on
libraries from the COVID-19 pandemic
General
Imprint: |
Libraries Unlimited
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Elizabeth A. Wahler
• Sarah C. Johnson
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Pages: |
210 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4408-8083-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4408-8083-2 |
Barcode: |
9781440880834 |
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