This presentation focused on an energetic partnership between a subject librarian and the Women's & Gender Studies program at a large university. It covers how to apply user research and design to create safe spaces in libraries, how to identify potential events, and learn strategies to make them successful. The presentation will also address how to get buy in from your library administration, and make use of community partners.

1. Opening Hearts
and Raising Fists

2. I’m Carrie Moran
User Engagement Librarian
University of Central Florida
Hello

3. Create a safe space
Using empathetic design

4. Research uncovers expectations

5. The library
as third
space

6. Library as a
safe space
(baby steps)

8. "Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope."
Rebecca Solnit

9. Success = open doors
Mastering the art of buy-in

10. “Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.”
Kathleen Hanna

16. A bright future
Where we’re going from here

17. Thanks!
Questions?
carrie.moran@ucf.edu