Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Relationships Are the New Reference Collection

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2019 PIE worksheet

Quick guide to potential partners (USA):

• Government agencies:
  https://www.usa.gov/states-and-territories
• Department of Veterans Affairs:
  https://www.va.gov/ 
• California libraries providing special services to veterans (partnership example):
  https://calibrariesforveterans.org/
• Local hospital social services departments:
  https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals (Scroll down to middle of page and see “Map of Registered Hospitals in the US”)
• National Network of Libraries of Medicine:
  https://nnlm.gov/ 
• Local college or university social work department:
  https://www.cswe.org/Accreditation/Directory-of-Accredited-Programs.aspx
• National Association for Mental Illness (NAMI) state chapters:
  https://www.nami.org/Find-Your-Local-NAMI
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW) state chapters:
  www.socialworkers.org

Trauma-informed care resources:

• Webjunction course, “Trauma Informed Services in the Library” (available only with Webjunction registration)
• Elissa Hardy (Denver Public Library Lead Social Worker) review and recommendation of the book Trauma Stewardship by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky
• ACEs Connection: https://www.acesconnection.com/
• Community Resilience Cookbook: http://communityresiliencecookbook.org
• Building Self Healing Communities
  https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2016/06/self-healing-communities.html
• Becoming a Trauma Informed Agency: http://www.aliainnovations.org/resources/

CROC website

As of August 2019, the opportunity center doesn’t yet have its own site, but more information can be found via the Cedar Riverside Partnership. This content will be updated when the site is live.

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