This blog post is an exploration on the impact of trauma and provides UWT Library resources to help support you through your learning. Trauma, whether stemming from singular traumatic events or prolonged exposure to adverse experiences, can profoundly impact an individual’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being, thereby qualifying as a disability under certain frameworks. Through Read More…
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Mental Health for All at the UW Tacoma Library
Mental Health for All is the newest display at the UW Tacoma Library, just in time for Mental Health Awareness Month, which has been celebrated in the U.S. each May since 1949. Created by UW iSchool MLIS students who work as reference specialists at the UW Tacoma Library, the display aims to further awareness of Read More…
New Exhibit in SNO: Caring for the Mind and Body
Just in time for finals — we have a new exhibit up in Snoqualmie. Entitled “Caring for the Mind and Body”, this exhibit is imagined as a response to the current hectic climate (politically, socially, environmentally, and otherwise) which may be impacting well-being. Broadly conceived, the exhibit is focused around mental health and mental health practices, and the Read More…
Libraries and Self-Care
People often assume that libraries = books, and that library workers are especially good at … books. I view my work as connecting people to information at the time they need it, where information is broadly defined: books, certainly … but also access to tax forms, where the voter-registration sites are (last day to register in Read More…