Embedded Files
How can our libraries be workplaces that better support our wellbeing in light of trauma, stress, and grief? How can we care for each other when our institutions do not? See also our Health and Pandemics and Labor, Staffing, Training pages
Building Lifelong Opportunities for Strength, Self-Care, Outlook, Morale, and Mindfulness Summit 2021 (BLOSSOM)
Five Digital Self-Care Practices Black People Can Use while Coping with Trauma
Health and Wellbeing Resources (Archives and Records Association, UK and Ireland): for archives workers handling traumatic archival imagery or content
Helping Children Deal with Shootings and Other Bad News (DC Public Library)
Helping Kids Cope With Media Coverage of War and Traumatic Events
How Women of Color are Practicing Self Care in A Trump World
Kelly Jensen. "Pizza Parties Don't Fix Burnout: The State of Librarian Mental Health" (BookRiot, January 20, 2026)
Kim Kelly. "We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON'Ts of Mutual Aid" (Literary Hub, January 21, 2025)
Mental Health Resources for Libraries (OCLC WebJunction)
Oh Crap What Now? Survival Guide A crowdsourced collection of health, legal and safety plans and resources + social, digital and economic security related resources (active 2016-2017)
Anne Helen Petersen. "The Librarians Are Not Okay." May 1, 2022.
A Practical Guidebook to Trauma-Informed Archival Practice. Michelle Ganz, Veronica L. Denison, editors. Bloomsbury, 2026.
Renewals: Resources and research on library workers' morale
Hanna Roseen. "Work/Life Balance, Mental Health, and Rest for LIS Professionals and Students." Hack Library School, March 24, 2020.
Katrina Spencer. "Comprehensive Guide to Resisting Overcommitment." Up-Root, January 17, 2022.
Rebecca Tolley. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Library Services. ALA Editions, 2020.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse