[Michlib-l] Tough Topics Dewey Poster-Shareable Template

[ELIZABETH GROSS]

Jessica,
Thank you for this! It's timely as I am teaching an Organization of
Information course for school librarians and this will be great to share
with them!
Regards,
Elizabeth

Elizabeth A. Gross, MLIS, PhD


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On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM Jessica Bostian via Michlib-l <
michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:

> 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>,
> 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
>
> Social Science, Education & Religion
>
> Business, Science & Technology
>
> 5201 Woodward Ave.
>
> Detroit, MI 48202
>
> jbostian at detroitpubliclibrary.org
>
> 313-481-1403
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