Join the McGoogan Health Sciences Library online Feb. 6 from noon-1 p.m. for its living library event, in which people are “living books” who share their unique experiences and inspiring stories in a small-group setting.
The focus of this year’s event is “Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront.”
Emily Glenn, dean of the McGoogan Library, said, “We are excited to welcome the UNMC, Nebraska Medicine and Children’s Nebraska communities to our second living library event. This event centers diverse voices in storytelling and information sharing to enact McGoogan Library’s mission of connecting the past, informing the present and building the future.”
“We have a tremendous group of people who have agreed to be our living books for this event and share their stories,” said Jess King, education and research services librarian at McGoogan Library and principal investigator for the “Living Library: Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront” project.
Individuals interested in attending the virtual event need to:
- Register for the event
- Then sign up to receive the Zoom link.
Registration for the event closes at noon on Monday, Feb. 5. When registering, individuals will be able to select one of ten living books to speak with and hear their story. Attendees will be able to engage with their selected book for 30 to 45 minutes. Due to the sensitivity of this topic, attendees must be ages 19 and older to attend.
Prior to the event, attendees are encouraged to review the audience guidelines document to ensure open, respectful conversations take place.
“Our books will be sharing their perspective on a variety of women’s health topics,” King said, “including autism, urinary incontinence, dissociative identity disorder (DID), unique and complicated pregnancies and more. Our hope is that this event sheds light on areas of women’s health that our students, faculty and staff may not be as familiar with, allows for candid conversations, and provides an opportunity for learning and growth.”
The “Living Library: Bringing Stories of Women’s Health to the Forefront” project is funded in part by a grant from Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment and sponsored by McGoogan Health Sciences Library. The library thanks Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment for their support of the event.
For a complete list of book titles and synopses, see this link.