Wellness in the Library Workplace

Are you a dedicated library worker who helps your community find valuable health information? While you empower others, it's crucial to consider your well-being. The connection between individual and community well-being is undeniable. Creating a workplace that fosters employee wellness helps improve staff health and patron services. Join us in this 2-week, 4-CE class to explore strategies for enhancing your well-being and cultivating a healthy work environment.

If you hold a supervisory role, you play a pivotal part in ensuring the health and well-being of your staff, encompassing both physical and emotional aspects. Together, we will explore ways to enhance overall wellness for all library staff, ultimately striving for healthy and secure work environments.

Throughout the first week, we will examine the evidence supporting the significance of a healthy workplace for you, the library, and the broader community. We'll discuss a healthy work environment, differentiating between effective and ineffective practices. In the second week, participants will gain insights into practical adjustments they can make at an individual level to enhance workplace health and well-being. Moreover, we will explore efforts at the team and organizational levels to promote the wellness of all library staff, ensuring a positive and healthy work atmosphere.

This course is asynchronous; there are no set hours to be online each week. 

Objectives
  • Examine the advantages of fostering a healthy workplace.
  • Investigate the characteristics of a healthy work environment.
  • Recognize actionable steps for enhancing personal health and well-being at work.
  • Identify strategies for implementing organizational changes to promote overall health and wellness within your library.
  • Enhance proficiency in utilizing evaluation tools for assessing news articles and online content about health and wellness.
  • Elevate awareness of the resources available through MedlinePlus and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, particularly concerning health and wellness in the workplace. 

This class meets the NLM national initiative of environmental determinants of health by addressing aspects of the work environment by providing health information resources available through MedlinePlus and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and increasing health information access.

Class Length

2 weeks 4 Continuing Education Credits

Class Owner(s)

Bobbi L. Newman, Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist, Region 6

Instructor(s)

Bobbi L. Newman, Community Engagement and Outreach Specialist, Region 6
Debra Trogdon-Livingston, User Experience and Education Strategist, Region 2
Margie Sheppard, Community Engagement Coordinator - NNLM Region 3, Region 3
Tiffany Chavis, Health Literacy Librarian, Region 1

Continuing Education

This class qualifies for Medical Library Association (MLA) Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Level 1.

The course provides 4 continuing education (CE) hours from the Medical Library Association (MLA).

Consumer Health Information Specialization - The course covers the two competencies required for Consumer Health Information Specialization level 1 from MLA.

Competency 3: Knowledge of Subject Matter and Resources

Competency 4: Evaluation of Health Information  

Classes

Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration

No classes.

Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
Wellness in the Library Workplace (February 5-16, 2024) Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. We will discuss ways to increase overall wellness for all staff in libraries so that we have happy, healthy, and safe work environments. This class meets the NLM national initiative of environmental determinants of health by addressing aspects of the work environment by providing health information resources available through MedlinePlus and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and increasing health information access. 4.00 CHIS Level 1 On
Wellness in the Library Workplace (November 2023) Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. We will discuss ways to increase overall wellness for all staff in libraries so that we have happy, healthy, and safe work environments. 4.00 CHIS Level 1 On
Wellness in the Library Workplace (September 2023) Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. 4.00 CHIS Level 1 On
Wellness in the Library Workplace (March 2023) Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. 4.00 CHIS Level 1 On
Wellness in the Library Workplace (November 2022) Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. 4.00 CHIS Level 1 On
Wellness in the Library Workplace Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. 4.00 CHIS Level 1 On
Wellness in the Library Workplace You’re a library worker. You’re already helping those in your community find health information. As a library worker, what are you doing to manage your own well-being? Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. If you are a supervisor, how are you helping to ensure your staff stays healthy (physically, emotionally, etc.)? We will also discuss ways to increase overall wellness for all staff in libraries so that we have happy, healthy, and safe work environments. 4.00 CHIS Level 1 On
Wellness in the Library Workplace You’re a library worker. You’re already helping those in your community find health information. As a library worker, what are you doing to manage your own well-being? Join us for this 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class to discover ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy workplace. If you are a supervisor, how are you helping to ensure your staff stays healthy (physically, emotionally, etc.)? We will also discuss ways to increase overall wellness for all staff in libraries so that we have happy, healthy, and safe work environments. 4.00 CHIS Level 1 On
Wellness in the Library Workplace This 2-week, 4 credit-hour online class offers ways to improve your own personal well-being and create a healthy library workplace. 4.00 On