The Lee-Bardwell Public Library Community Collaboration Process: A Case Study Adapting COPEWELL for Community Resiliency in Gladewater, Texas

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dc.contributor.authorLong, Rex
dc.contributor.authorEger, Elizabeth K.
dc.contributor.authorTonciu, Anca
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-30T22:05:20Z
dc.date.available2023-11-30T22:05:20Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-01
dc.description.abstractThis Translational Health Research Center (THRC) case study report details the experiences and outcomes of a group of community stakeholders in Gladewater, TX that participated in a pilot project involving rural libraries and librarians as conveners for community resiliency. The Library Director of the Lee-Bardwell Public Library participated as a community partner and assisted in convening the stakeholder cohort to represent a diverse range of community voices and experiences to discuss community resiliency. Through connecting collaboration techniques from Communication Studies and an adaptation of the COPEWELL (Composite of Post-Event Wellbeing) framework, stakeholders identified key community challenges and began to identify feasible action items to address them. This process identified two significant challenges: (1) the gap in communicating emergency management plans between the city and residents, and (2) the need to better orient residents to participate in disaster response alongside official response efforts. As a collective, stakeholders identified starting action items as: (1) diversifying modes of communication, (2) formalizing youth outreach regarding disaster preparedness, (3) pursue grant funding for needed repairs/infrastructure needs, (4) identify funding to staff an emergency-management liaison position, and (5) formalize the stakeholder cohort into an official Emergency Management Committee. This THRC case study is a companion report to the case study for Pottsboro, TX, and is an extension of the THRC pilot process report.
dc.description.departmentTranslational Health Research Center
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dc.format.extent58 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationLong, R., Eger, E. K., & Tonciu, A. (2023). The Lee-Bardwell Public Library community collaboration process: A case study adapting COPEWELL for community resiliency in Gladewater, Texas. Translational Health Research Center, Texas State University.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/17274
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTranslational Health Research Center
dc.subjectlibraries
dc.subjectcommunity resiliency
dc.subjectcommunity resilience
dc.subjectcommunity collaboration
dc.subjectrural communities
dc.subjectCOPEWELL
dc.subjectTexas libraries
dc.subjectapplied communication
dc.subjectresiliency
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectemergency management
dc.subjectdisaster preparedness
dc.titleThe Lee-Bardwell Public Library Community Collaboration Process: A Case Study Adapting COPEWELL for Community Resiliency in Gladewater, Texas
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