AAHSL 4th Friday eSalon
April 24, 2026 | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET

Come Connect and Collaborate at the AAHSL 4th Friday eSalon

Join us at the monthly eSalon! These director-only casual, unstructured discussions will have a general topic each month for attendees to share, brainstorm, and learn from each other. The topics will be geared to the unique needs of those in academic health sciences library leadership and facilitated by AAHSL members. Attendance is optional, free, and open to all AASHL directors.

April 2026 Topic: Preparing for the unthinkable

Facilitator: Erika Sevetson, MS. Director of Health and Biomedical Library Services, Brown University Library and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Description: Most of us have gone through “hostile intruder” training at our institutions. Usually these trainings cover what we should do as individuals, focusing on “Run/Hide/Fight” protocols. But how, as leaders, do we prepare for the real-world scenario of an active shooter or bomb threat at our libraries? How do we communicate with our teams during and after—and how can we prepare for the possibility of a multi-hour lockdown, with hundreds of students in the facility? Join us to learn from each other, as we discuss this difficult topic.

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*Registration is limited to Library Directors or similarly described positions (i.e. Associate Dean of Library Services, etc.)