Trauma-informed leadership in libraries

Trauma-informed practices have become an increasingly essential part of librarianship since the COVID-19 global pandemic. Trauma can result from a single negative event or repeated exposure to negative events over time and can manifest in many forms. Trauma-informed approaches to leadership seek to...

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Other Authors Crum, Janet (Editor), Ketchum, David (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025.
SeriesAdvances in library administration and organization ; v. 44.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837978830
DOI10.1108/S0732-0671202544
Physical Description1 online resource (208 pages).

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Janet Crum
  • Chapter 1. Trauma-informed leadership: Managing legacy toxicity / Lauren Slingluff and Elizabeth Dill
  • Chapter 2. Transforming chaos into compassion: Emotional intelligence and trauma-informed practices for holistic change management in libraries / Phenessa A. Gray
  • Chapter 3. Corporate stockholm syndrome: An explanation for employee commitment in consistently dysfunctional library organizations? / Jenny Meslener and Kayla Gourlay
  • Chapter 4. How library leadership can support their staff through trauma / Meghan Hupe
  • Chapter 5. Trauma-informed approaches to academic library hiring and onboarding / Andrea Harrow, Karin Saric, Annie M. Thompson, and Hannah M. Schilperoort
  • Chapter 6. Emergency planning in libraries: Towards a trauma-informed and resilience-focused approach / Cindy Pierard and Anne Schultz
  • Chapter 7. Trauma-informed leadership: A focus on grief / Jennifer E. Nutefall and Lynne Serviss
  • Chapter 8. Testimonies from the frontline: Post-crisis academic library staff balance the narrative / Elena Carrillo, Jung Mi Scoulas, and Kevin O'Brien
  • Chapter 9. The journey toward implementing trauma-informed practices to support patrons and staff in an academic library setting / Dana V. Lema, Bethany Bones, Alexandra Franz-Harder, Robyn Huff-Eibl, Nisha Mody, Gerald J. Perry, and Megan Senseney
  • Chapter 10. Addressing cultures of silence and creating psychological safety in access services / Melanie Bopp, Kaitlyn L. Kinney, and Tori Rodriguez
  • Chapter 11. Be smart about safety: A shift towards a trauma-informed culture / Micquel Little, Dylan Romero, and Aira Lipson.