Libraries as Second Responders with a collage of five images representing asset mapping, transgender rights, racism as a health crisis, story listening, and health data for equity.

A quick introduction to the Libraries as Second Responders program

Transcripts for Promo Video: Audio Transcript, Audio Visual Transcript

 

Putting LASR in Context

Watch the video below to learn about the Libraries as Second Responders (LASR) series.

Califa Group will prepare public library staff to effectively respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing training modules and microlearning videos that enable library staff to:

  1. Identify key partners, programs and resources available within the COVID-19 support network in their communities;
  2. Strategically position the public library within those networks;
  3. Develop an understanding of how the long-standing systemic health and social inequities have put vulnerable people, including racial & ethnic minority groups, at increased risk of getting sick and dying from COVID-19,
  4. Assess the critical needs of these groups in order to recover from the pandemic. 

Building on OCLC's "Public Libraries Respond to the Opioid Crisis with Their Communities" IMLS grant, the Libraries As Second Responders Project will incorporate OCLC's findings and strategies into its virtual trainings in order to enable libraries to effectively serve communities most impacted by COVID-19.

Short on time? Check out these microlearnings.

Story Listening for Better Community Libraries

 

Continue your learning with the full course.

Racism as a Public Health Crisis

 

Keep the momentum going by signing up for the full course.

Asset Mapping as a Means to Triage Critical Patron Issues

 

Interested in learning more about asset mapping? Start the module today!

More information

If you have any questions, please contact Project Director, Veronda J. Pitchford, Assistant Director of Califa Group.

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Grant RE-248569-OLS-20.