#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon May 8 2017

via Nick Youngson

TOPIC

Ageism in the Workplace

Leigh will be hosting the chats for the month of May. For the first chat of the month, she's chosen the topic of ageism in the workplace. Her inspiration is Baby Face in the Workplace by Veronica Leigh Milliner on INALJ. This is a really interesting topic because it affects us all, we feel it early in our career when we're young, and we feel it when we're late into our careers as well. 

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. Have you ever had to deal with ageism in the workplace? Please share your experience!

Q2. What kind of work still needs to be done regarding patron’s biases towards librarians and within libraries themselves?

Q3. What steps are you taking in your library or community to address ageism?

Q4. What advice do you have for librarians and info pros on handling ageism in the workplace?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 9 PM ET MONDAY, MAY 8 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG. 

#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Apr 24 2017

via Giulia Forsythe

TOPIC

Libraries, LIS pros & the Open Movement

I’m currently taking the Introduction to OERs course that Library Juice Academy (#LJAOER) offers because Open Educational Resources and the Open Movement, in general, are becoming big topics of conversation in my workplace and in my entire province. Given the discussions happening in my course I can tell it’s happening elsewhere too so I thought we could have this week’s chat be about the open movement and libraries. Our inspiration article/source, therefore, is The Open Movement: What Libraries Can Do a 2015 conference presentation by Sheila Corrall. Another source you can check out is my Notes from #ONOERlibrarians day @ Ryerson University during the one-day conference I attended in March.

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. What do you already know about the open movement? (e.g. Open Access, Creative Commons, Open Data, Open Source & OERs)

Q2. Is your library/are you specifically already involved with any part(s) of the open movement? Which parts? What are you doing?

Q3. What do you see being the role of libraries and library professionals being in the future of the open movement?

Q4. What suggestions/resources do you have for library pros looking to learn more about/get involved with the open movement?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 9 PM ET MONDAY, APRIL 24 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG. 

#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Apr 10 2017

TOPIC

Figuring out what is good career advice and what isn't

The chat topic for Monday, April 10, 2017's chat is inspired by first and foremost the end of the last #LISprochat where we sort of started talking about this and I mentioned it would be a good topic for a future chat. For some reading on this topic, head over to Alison Green's advice blog Ask a Manager and check out the Bad Advice tag. Alison's got one of the best career advice websites out there.

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. What's the best advice you ever received, what's the worst?

Q2. What tricks and tips do you have for how you can tell what advice is good or bad? 

Q3. What resources do you use for good advice?

Q4. What are some resources you avoid & tell others to avoid because you know they give bad advice?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 9 PM ET MONDAY, MARCH 27 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG. 

#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Mar 27 2017

TOPIC

Dealing with setbacks in the job search & on the job

The chat topic for Monday, March 27, 2017's chat is actually inspired by three articles: Moving Forward: How to Overcome a Career Failure by Lindsay Danas Cohen at The Muse; Bouncing Back from Job Loss: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Job Hunters by Margie Warrell at Forbes, and How I've Learned to Overcome Setbacks in my Life and Career by Chris Winfield at FastCompany. I couldn't just pick one article that had every aspect I was looking to highlight so that's why this topic has three inspirations

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. What are your go-to strategies for dealing with a setback during the job search or on the job?

Q2. How do you make peace with setbacks/failures? What kind of feedback do you look for and where?

Q3. Who are your go-to survivors that you look too for inspiration when you're feeling down from a setback?

Q4. What resources and strategies do you have for dealing with stress after a setback in the job search or on the job?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 9 PM ET MONDAY, MARCH 27 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG. 

#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

#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Feb 27 2017

TOPIC

Mentorships : finding and being a mentor

The chat topic for Monday, February 27, 2017's chat is inspired by Feed Your Career Octopus: Tips For Finding (And Keeping) Awesome Mentors by Meredith Fineman at FastCompany. 

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. Have you taken advantage of professional mentorships? Why or why not?

Q2. What resources have you used to find professional mentorships?

Q3. For those who have been able to act as a mentor, what sort of advice do you hope to give? 

Q4. Any thoughts on how to make such a relationship productive for all involved?  What makes a really good mentor-mentee relationship?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 9 PM ET MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG.

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

TOPIC

Tips for running job training in the workplace

The chat topic for Monday, February 13, 2017's chat is inspired by How to Easily Train Another Person to Do Your Job by David Livermore at ToughNickel. 

QUESTIONS

We're posting 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. Have you ever done work related training please share your experience!

Q2. What are some do and don’t for work related training?

Q3. What resources do you turn to for work related training?

Q4. What advice do you have to make training at work a success?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 9 PM ET MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG.