Workshops
Workshops for librarians & library workers on topics including, but not limited to:
Trauma-informed librarianship
Self & community care skills
Supporting survivors
Mental health
Disability & chronic illness
Zines
Keynotes
Keynotes for conferences, summits, staff days, & more.
Guest lectures
Available for guest lectures & presentations on a variety of topics, including but not limited to:
Trauma-informed librarianship
Self & community care skills
Supporting survivors
Mental health
Disability & chronic illness
Zines
Testimonials
“Karina presented a thoughtful virtual session on Trauma-Informed Librarianship: Creating Communities of Care for the Eastern New York Chapter of ACRL (ENYACRL) in March 2022. Karina's empathetic session was grounded in their personal experience with trauma and trauma-informed self-care practice, and they were incredibly vulnerable in sharing both with our attendees. They also shared practical tools and tips for librarians to integrate into their own work going forward, which was a fantastic learning outcome as we are all working with constituencies dealing with trauma these days. Karina's presentation was well-planned and well-paced and offered attendees the understanding, critical thinking skills, and positive outcome-based tactics that we can employ in our daily work. Karina was a passionate, animated, and effective speaker and I would recommend their work to others looking to learn more about trauma-informed care and support in professional environments.”
Lori Wienke, ENY/ACRL
“Karina Hagelin is one of the most thoughtful, passionate, and engaging speakers I have had the pleasure of working with. Their webinars for the Southeast Florida Library Information Network were incredibly well-received and well-attended. Karina masterfully mixes their lived experience with often sensitive subject matter to deliver impactful and empathetic presentations. I cannot recommend Karina enough for any of your continuing education needs."
Joshua Stone, Director of Staff Development for the Southeast Florida Library Information Network
“I invited Karina to lead a workshop for my mostly first- and second-year undergraduate literature students on the topic of zines as trauma intervention. Karina’s workshop was perfectly pitched to meet the students where they were, offering engaging and accessible foundational information about zines, their history, and how to create them. Karina was generous with their expertise, sharing with students examples of their zine art that helped to create a firm baseline understanding of the genre. Karina was also generous in sharing with students the ways in which their lived experiences inform their zine work, an insight which was tremendously helpful in guiding students to begin to process some of the trauma of 2020 through their own zine projects. My students (as well as the faculty and staff who attended) enjoyed the workshop immensely, and their final projects were stronger and more authentic as a result of learning from Karina.”
- Dr. Emily Baldys, Assistant Professor of English, Millersville University
“The Leadership Development Division of the Maryland Library Association was looking for a dynamic speaker to cover the topic of trauma-informed librarianship especially as we navigated the uncertain field of surviving and working during a pandemic. Karina Hagelin certainly delivered. They not only talked the talk by covering important information like the 4 Goals and 6 Key Principles of Trauma-Informed care, but they also walked the walk by creating a warm and welcoming space for our webinar attendees. They did an excellent job reframing common behaviors through a trauma-informed lens and maintained a professional demeanor as they showed radical vulnerability in sharing their own experiences. LDD would highly recommend Karina as a speaker at your next training, meeting, or event!”
“On behalf of the British Columbia Library Association, I am so grateful for the keynote presentation Karina brought to our members highlighting their passion for radical empathy through trauma-informed frameworks, and lived experience. One participant shared that, ‘They were an amazing speaker and provided thought provoking commentary and insights that will be useful in all aspects of librarianship. Thank you for bringing on someone so amazing. More of this, please!’”
Natalie Porter, BCLA Professional Development Coordinator