#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Mar 13 2017

TOPIC

Digital portfolios & personal websites in the LIS industry

The chat topic for Monday, March 13, 2017's chat is inspired by Job Talk Column: The Online Portfolio: No Longer Optional? by Lisa Campbell in NMRT's Footnotes. 

QUESTIONS

We post the questions here in advance of the chat so you can decide whether or not this topic is of interest to you and/or prepare your answers in advance.

Q1. Do you think that digital portfolios/personal websites are necessary for #librarians & #librarytechnicians? Why or why not?

Q2. Do you now, or have you ever had an LIS related personal website or digital portfolio? How did you build it?

Q3. What types of information/items need to be in/on a personal website or digital portfolios?

Q4. What tips, tricks, & tools are there for a #librarian or #librarytechnician looking to build their own site or portfolio?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 9 PM ET MONDAY, MARCH 13 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG. - ALSO, REMEMBER THAT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS IN CANADA/US ON SUNDAY