[Michlib-l] Tough Topics bookmark

[liecah at romeodistrictlibrary.org]

We in Romeo created a Tough Topics bookmark several years ago. I've 
attached it here.

Lieca Hohner

Romeo District Library

On 2025-06-12 12:00 pm, michlib-l-request at mcls.org wrote:

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> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:51:33 +0000
> From: Jessica Bostian <jbostian at detroitpubliclibrary.org>
> To: michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> Cc: Kayla Steeby <ksteeby at detroitpubliclibrary.org>
> Subject: [Michlib-l] Tough Topics Dewey Poster-Shareable Template
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> Good morning Michigan libraries!
> 
> Several years ago, I had seen a post on Reddit in which someone had 
> photographed a 'tough topics' poster at a public library. The poster 
> showed patrons where they might find some very important subjects that 
> they might be hesitant to ask a librarian about, due to their sensitive 
> nature.
> 
> I asked one of my department's Technology Training Associates to create 
> one for us (shout out to Kayla Steeby for her work on this ?) so that 
> we could update, customize, and possibly print these to display around 
> our department.
> 
> I haven't seen anything like this for sale, so we thought we would just 
> go ahead and make one ourselves and share it with anyone interested. I 
> think this could be very helpful in empowering patrons to utilize 
> library resources at their own comfort level.
> 
> If anyone is interested, I have here a link to a sharable Canva 
> template<https://www.canva.com/design/DAGp_6MkQvw/xc4DgkY551QsUEE7Z20w1w/edit?utm_content=DAGp_6MkQvw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton 
> [1]>, please just make yourself a copy that you can edit, print, 
> download, etc.
> 
> Thank you everyone, and Happy Wednesday!
> 
> Jessica Bostian
> 
> Assistant Manager/Librarian III
> 
> Patent and Trademark Resource Center Representative
> 
> Detroit Public Library
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> Social Science, Education & Religion
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> Business, Science & Technology
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> 5201 Woodward Ave.
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> Detroit, MI 48202
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> jbostian at detroitpubliclibrary.org
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