a library for the whole student: creating a culture of health and wellness at your library

A Library for the Whole Student: Creating a Culture of Health and Wellness at your Library

Susan Sharpless Smith - Associate DeanMary Beth Lock - Director of Access Services

Meghan Webb - Reference Services Coordinator

8 Dimensions of Wellbeing

• Partner in Thrive Initiative• Library Lecture Series• Sources, Citations & Cocoa/Cookies• Librarians as Faculty Advisors

Dean’s List Gala

Writers Camp @ ZSR

● Student employment ● ZSR Bootcamp● WFU Fellows Program● Research and Instruction

Internships

● Building initiatives ○ HVAC upgrades○ Atrium cork

flooring○ New windows○ Water bottle refill

station

• Sustainability Committee (2010)

• Reduce waste• Raise student

awarenessCoffee Cup Giveaway

Art Exhibit

● Diversity training for staff● Unconscious bias training

in Bootcamp● Winston Salem Pride

parade float● Safe Places Training

Cans For Fines

• Reduces fines by $1 per can

• December

• Provided to community food bank

• Provide financial education partnering with the ZSR Library fellow and the Office of Financial Aid

• End-of-year loan counselling

• Bookstore buy back in the library

● ZieSta Room ● Furniture to study by

○ Standing desks○ Zenergy ball chairs○ Pod chairs○ Fitbike

● Safety & Security efforts● Walking paths ● Flu shots

● 24/5 schedule● Food and Drink● Wake the Library

○ Yoga○ Relaxation Station○ Therapy Dogs○ And more!

● All Gender Restrooms

Library Decorating Committee

● Friday Nights @ ZSR ● ZSR Ambassadors

Humans vs. Zombies

● Going strong since Fall 2011!

● Here’s what it looks like . . .

Additional Wellbeing Programs and Initiatives:Paws to RelaxSarah Levine (2016), University Library News, University of Connecticut

Academic Libraries Role in Supporting Student Mental Health and WellnessCrystal Rose, Judy MacLean, Patricia Doucett (2016), Ontario Library Association Super Conference

Health and Wellness in the Academic LibraryHilary Westgate (2015), College and Research Division, Pennsylvania Library Association

Appalachian offers variety of options for meditation and well-being as semester endsUniversity News, Appalachian State University

Mason Nation Welcomes Winter Well-Being and Wellness With Destress and EnrichmentSudha Kamath (2014), George Mason University News

Cornell Puts a Lawn in the LibraryMeredith Schwartz (2012), Library Journal

Questions?

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Contact us!

Susan Sharpless Smith smithss@wfu.eduMary Beth Lock lockmb@wfu.eduMeghan Webb webbmm@wfu.edu

ReferencesAmerican College Health Association National College Health Assessment. (2015). Undergraduate students: Reference group data report, Spring 2015.

Retrieved from http://www.olasuperconference.ca/event/academic-libraries-role-in-supporting-student-mental-health-and-wellness/

Cooperative Institutional Research Program, Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. (2015). 2015 college senior survey: Institutional profile and longitudinal profile reports: Wake Forest University. Retrieved from http://ir.wfu.edu/files/css2015.pdf

Hettler, B. (1980). Wellness promotion on a university campus. Family & Community Health, 3(1), 77–95.

Hinchliffe, L. J., & Wong, M. A. (2010). From services-centered to student-centered: A “wellness wheel” approach to developing the library as an integrative learning commons. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 17(2/3), 213-224.

Lock, M. B., Fansler, C., & Webb, M. (2016). Emergency planning (r)evolution: Making a comprehensive emergency plan for the present and the future. In E. N. Decker & J. A. Townes (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Disaster Management and Contingency Planning in Modern Libraries (pp. 70–95). IGI Global. Retrieved from http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-8624-3

Meyers-Martin, C., & Borchard, L. (2015). The finals stretch: Exams week library outreach surveyed. Reference Services Review, 43(4), 510-532. doi:10.1108/RSR-03-2015-0019

Reynolds, J. A., & Rabschutz, L. (2011). Studying for exams just got more relaxing: Animal-assisted activities at the University of Connecticut Library. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 18(4), 359-367.

Womack, H. D., Smith, S. S., & Lock, M. B. (2015). Large-scale, live-action gaming events in academic libraries: How and why. College & Research Libraries News, 76(4), 210–214.

Images and Video Provided by:

Z. Smith Reynolds Library Flickr

Wake Forest University Photography, WFU Office of Communications and External Relations

“Humans vs. Zombies 2012” by Wake Forest News