Resilience Toolkit
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Introduction to Social Work Concepts in the Library
Articles, tools, and other resources that introduce library workers to social work concepts.
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Helpful Resources
Job descriptions, templates, sample contract language, and more to make applying concepts of social work and community resilience as easy as possible.
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- Sample Job Postings, Position Descriptions, and Intern Documents
- Webinar on Boundaries for Library Workers
- Appleton PL: Toolkit for Hosting a Social Work Student and Measuring Their Impact
- Beloit PL: Toolkit for Guiding Entrepreneurs
- Superior PL: Community Resource Guide
- Library Support of Youth Mental Health Fact Sheet
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Social Work Concepts in Action
Examples of social work in the library from CLC members and elsewhere. Each library conducted their own local project, focused on their community and library needs related to community resilience. Explore what they did, how they did, and what they learned in the process, as well as other noteworthy stories about library and community resilience.
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- Local Project: Appleton PL - Healthy Boundaries; Healthy Programs
- Local Project: Beloit PL - The BELL Project
- Local Project: Kenosha PL - Building Staff Confidence for Better Outcomes!
- Local Project: La Crosse PL - Resource Connection & Bridging Gaps!
- Local Project: L.E. Phillips PL - Staff Training
- Local Project: Mead PL - Social Services in the Library
- Local Project: Oshkosh PL - Serving Patrons with Whole Person Librarianship
- Local Project: Racine PL - Engaging From the Ground Up
- Local Project: Superior PL - Social Work Intern
- Inspiring Examples and News
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Data and Assessment
Shared assessment and evaluation strategies used by the CLC to identify an immediate-term assessment and evaluation plan, develop methods of assessing and evaluating longer-term impacts, and establishing baseline data related to social work in libraries.
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Communication and Advocacy
Find sample press releases and examples of how CLC libraries have advocated for community resilience and social work concepts at their library and shared their successes with their communities.
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- Racine PL: Presentation: Social Work Principles in Libraries
- Oshkosh PL: Communications with Staff about Whole Person Librarianship
- Superior PL: Communication to Staff about Whole Person Librarianship
- Superior PL: Reports to Board about Social Work Intern and Whole Person Librarianship
- Superior PL: Communication to Area Organizations about Social Work Intern
- La Crosse PL: Community Resource Specialist Brochure