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Locus of Control - internal vs. external

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Locus of Control - internal vs. external

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Internal vs External Locus of Control: 7 Examples & Theories

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Internal & external locus of control has significant applications in psychology.

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Maryland State Library LibGuides: Professional Development & Continuing Education: Online Training Resources

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Professional development and continuing education resources for libraries.

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FORGE: Building strength and resilience in our transgender communities. Webinars & Toolkits

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FORGE: Building strength and resilience in our transgender communities. Webinars & Toolkits

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Autism Acceptance & Inclusion Training (1 hour)

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Autism Acceptance & Inclusion Training (1 hour)

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MSLA: Professional Development & Continuing Education guide

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MSLA: Professional Development & Continuing Education guide

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Maryland State Library LibGuides: Professional Development & Continuing Education: Home

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Professional development and continuing education resources for libraries.

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Doing the Work Externally and Internally: Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (1 hour)

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Doing the Work Externally and Internally: Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (1 hour)

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How does a library respond to a community in deep crisis around race and social justice? That's the question that Richland Library in Columbia, S.C., grappled with in 2015. Recognizing that there was no single answer, they launched initiatives on multiple internal and external fronts. Starting with a Social Awareness Taskforce, geared toward community engagement and courageous conversations, they explored topics surrounding social and criminal justice, women's rights and race. By using innovative approaches like Circles of Dialogue and mobile empathy labs, nearly 1,500 people have participated in the library's race, equity and inclusion programming. To further their efforts, they have also focused internally, empowering staff to lead the charge to understand their biases, macroaggressions, and cultural competence through Let's Talk gatherings, Check Your Bubble worksheets, and other effective tools. Hearing how Richland Library moved the needle on honest dialogue, empathy, and equity with their staff and community, you will be inspired to dig in and do the work at your own library.

Presented by: Richland Library (SC) staff, including Tamara King, Community Relations Director and 2019 Library Journal Mover & Shaker; Ci Ci Holloway, Human Resources Director; and Dee Robinson, Director of Library Experience, Branches.

This webinar is part of collaboration with Library Journal, highlighting the work of recent LJ Movers & Shakers.

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Richland Library

Diversity Discussion Starters, Penn State University (pdf)

Just Mercy discussion guide

Race to the Table SC information

Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide, by the Annie E. Casey Foundation

Richland Library Social Awareness Taskforce, 2017 Urban Libraries Council Innovations, honorable mention

Virtual Reality, Simulation Tools Help Midlands Exercise Empathy Muscle, South Carolina Public Radio, December 4, 2018

Tamara King, 2019 Library Journal Mover & Shaker

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Figuring Out Where to Start, and How: One Library's DEI Strategies, OLA Quarterly, with Sherwood Public Library (OR) staff. See also Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility, on their website.

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Doing the Work Externally and Internally: Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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This webinar highlights the work of Richland Library staff as they work, both externally and internally, to improve dialogue and understanding on topics of race, equity, diversity and inclusion.

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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Research Guide

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Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Research Guide

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Research Guides: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility Research Guide: Read & Learn

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A research guide highlighting library resources useful for research into diversity issues.

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This six part video series, available on YouTube is produced by California Library Services, with funding from IMLS, to support library staff in responding to patrons affected by mental illness.

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MHI Ep.1: Welcome to the Mental Health Initiative Video Series

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Statewide information and referral service for many topics.  Includes online database and 24 hour helpline.

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211 Maryland is a nonprofit health and human services agency that connects individuals to essential services like food, housing and mental health support.

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NAMI Maryland (http://namimd.org/) Advocacy, resources, education and information on diagnoses.

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NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

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NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.

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Information, advocacy, Mental Health First Aid training

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Advocating for better mental health in Maryland for over 100 years.

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Statewide mental health consumer education and advocacy group

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Trauma Informed Services in the Library: Understanding and Serving our Community

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Trauma Informed Services in the Library: Understanding and Serving our Community

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Trauma Informed Services in the Library: Understanding and Serving our Community | Infopeople

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Skills for Inclusive Conversations Online Class | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com

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Learn to have productive and inclusive conversations about race, religion, and gender.

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Homepage - Building Community-Based Summers

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Home To serve a community, we must listen and be transformed. Equity must be at the center of every library’s summer services. Building Community-Based Summers‘ learning sessions show how to seek out voices of those experiencing marginalization for guidance in crafting and delivering library services. Summer services only serve the community if we serve the […]

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TRUTH, RACIAL HEALING & TRANSFORMATION

Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) is a comprehensive, multi-year national and community-based process to bring about transformational and sustainable change. Through TRHT, partners address the historic and contemporary effects of racism in their communities and institutions. They work to replace the deeply held belief system that fuels racism with one that sees the inherent value of all people. This holistic approach addresses mind and heart, the interpersonal and systemic, and places the power of authentic, trust-based solidarity at the center.

Racism impacts all of us, whether we are aware of it or not. The effects of racism are evident everywhere: in the places where we live, learn, work and play, in our social interactions and in our systems and policies. People experience these effects when they take their children to school, apply for jobs, rent or buy a home, visit a doctor, try to access healthy food, in interactions with the police and more. Systemically, racism is one of the biggest obstacles to solving the challenges we face in our communities.

Through TRHT, participants build relationships, trust and collective power at the community and institutional level. These relationships lay the groundwork for powerful systemic change, as community partners re-envision and reshape their institutions, policies and practices.

Racial healing is at the heart of racial equity. Racial healing is about:

the people work that leads to the transformation of systems;

the telling of hard truths about past wrongs and present consequences;

repairing the harm of racism;

replacing the deeply held system that fuels racism with one that sees the inherent value of all people;

authentic relationship-building across real and perceived differences.

Without racial healing and building trust, changes in policies or practices are short-lived. Through healing and relationship-building, we can collectively develop new values that affect our everyday decisions in areas of policy making, hiring, education and housing - to name just a few.

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Homepage - Latinx Therapists Action Network

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A national network and online platform centering the healing of Latinx migrant peoples and movements. Honoring and affirming the dignity and healing of migrant communities marginalized by criminalization, detention, and deportation. Who We Are Injustice demands healing that restores some sense of justice We believe that healing justice is as much about our right to […]

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We’ve created this webpage to encourage you to be “UnLonely” through curiosity, creative expression, and conversation.

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You Don’t Always Have to Process Your Emotions

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Sometimes you can just change them, the psychologist Ethan Kross argues in his new book, “Shift.”

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The Otherness Institute | Understanding the Difference between Otroverts and Communal Introverts

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The most salient aspect that differentiates communal introverts from otroverts, is belonging.

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2025 Conference – Access Services in Libraries

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Registration for onsite attendance includes: a welcome reception, 2 full days of programming; Food and Beverage Breaks; Lunch provided Wednesday and Thursday; Networking Opportunities; Access to livestream and recorded sessions.

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PISAB - The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond

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We stand on the shoulders of generations who served before us as we bring people from all walks of life into a network of anti-racist community organizers. We've been organizing in community to address structural racism and power for over 40 years. Before it was popular. Before it was profitable.

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Explore autism resources and therapeutic options with Kory Andreas. Access online assessments and therapy sessions for unique brains.