#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Dec 16 2019 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

The Social Responsibility of the Library Industry

Two years ago we had a chat about neutrality in the library industry. I wanted us to revisit that topic because it continues to be an ongoing debate, so I thought this time it would be interesting to look at neutrality through the broader scope of overall social responsibility in libraries and of library professionals.

The Social Responsibility of the Library and the Librarian in a Post-Factual World by R. David Lankes
Core Values of Librarianship according to the ALA
IFLA and Social Responsibility: A Core Value of Librarianship by Al Kagan
Social Responsibilities of Academic Libraries by P. V. Vijesh and Neethu Mohanan

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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 Can libraries actually be truly neutral, and more importantly, should they try to be?

Q2 How can we balance the need to protect intellectual freedom with our social responsibility to create safe spaces for our communities?

Q3 What do you see as your social responsibility as an individual library professional?

Q4 What ideas/thoughts do you have about how we as a whole can do better at meeting our social responsibilities to our communities?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Dec 2, 2019 - 8:30pm ET - #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday2019

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TOPIC

#GivingTuesday and Libraries & Literacy

It's that time of year again! Time for our 3rd annual Giving Tuesday (which is the day after the chat!) chat! Aman (@akaur) will be in attendance as a guest to talk about SLA Philadephia Chapter's Community Outreach activities and her work with Spruce Foundation, a nonprofit org that provides grants that support arts, wellness, education, and LGBT programs and services for Philly youth.

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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 you planning to do for #GivingTuesday? What have you done in the past?

Q2 What creative ideas do you have for #GivingTuesday? Please share!

Q3 What resources do you turn to when trying to locate a library-related charity or non-profit to support?

Q4 What advice do you have for supporting charities/Non-Profits?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Nov 18, 2019 #oers #openeducation #openaccessweek2019 #openaccess

via Giulia Forsythe

TOPIC

MOVED TO NOVEMBER 18: Libraries, LIS pros & the Open Movement

So it was open access week last week, and Leigh and I are both so busy that neither of us had the chance to develop a new topic, so we're reviving one we last did in April, 2017. 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 2017. Also check out this free series of upcoming December and January webinars offered by CARL: http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/upcoming-open-education-training-opportunities/

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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?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Oct 21 2019 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Dealing with difficult library patrons

Thanks to Annie from the last chat for suggesting this next topic!

Here are some reference articles:

How to Deal with the Grumpy Patron
Dealing With Difficult Patrons
Difficult Library patrons in academe: It’s all in the eye of the beholder
How to Deal with Difficult Customers Using These 7 Psychological Strategies
7 Steps For Dealing With Angry Customers

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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 Tell us about a time where you had to deal with a patron who was being difficult, what were they doing? What did you do?

Q2 What suggestions do you have for those looking for advice on dealing with difficult patrons?

Q3 What do you think are the best way(s) to deal with a problem patron? Does your library have policies around this?

Q4 Do you ever go through any type of reflection after a particularly tense patron interaction?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Oct 7 2019 - 8:30pm ET ANNIVERSARY CHAT! #lisprochatis

5th birthday cake by Andy Eick via Flickr

TOPIC

HAPPY 5th ANNIVERSARY TO #LISPROCHAT: Translating Skillsets- how to sell yourself to non-libraries & sell libraries on your non-lib skills

Leigh and I realised that we completely forgot to celebrate the chat's 5th anniversary! Which was actually back on March 8th of this year, oops! So we've actually been chatting for five-and-a-half years at this point! I've decided that to celebrate, we're going to go back to our roots, we're revisiting the first chat we ever ran (back when we were still #inaljchat), which funnily enough I was one of the co-hosts for!

The chat was originally based on this article: Translating Non-Library Skills to a Library-Directed Résumé. Interesting enough this is what we're discussing in my LIS foundations class at the University of Alberta this week too and I had no idea about that connection until I sat down to write this post!

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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 think are the most transferable LIS skills you learned in school or on the job? What industries do you think they apply to?

Q2 How do you showcase your transferrable skills on your resumes and in your cover letters?

Q3 What are some positions you think LIS skills translate really well too? Have you ever worked in any of these roles?

Q4 What do you think the future is for librarians in non-library roles?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Sep 30 2019 - 8:30pm ET

Library Card by NadaZilch on Wikimedia Commons

TOPIC

Library Card Sign-up Month

Since September was library card sign-up month we thought we'd talk about that!

http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/library-card-sign-up-month-tools
http://www.ilovelibraries.org/library-card
https://www.ebscohost.com/novelist-the-latest/blog-article/webinar-promoting-library-card-sign-up-month
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/library-card-sign-month-20285.html

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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 Why is signing up for a library card important?

Q2 What ways can you promote and market signing up for a library card?

Q3 Have you ever planned activities/programs for library card sign up month? Please share. If not, what would you do?

Q4 What resources do you turn to for Library card sign up month?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Sep 9 2019 - 8:30pm ET with guest chatters Amanda & Katie

Everybody Present: Mindfulness in the Classroom by Giulia Forsythe via Flickr

TOPIC

Mindfulness in Academic & Public Libraries

Amanda M. Leftwich (@thelibmaven @mindfulinlis) is currently the Online Learning Librarian & Diversity Fellow at Montgomery County Community College. Leftwich has a Master of Science in Library Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include intersectional librarian identity, diverse collection development, and mindful practices/strategies in librarianship. She is the founder of mindfulinlis, a virtual community dedicated to mindfulness in librarianship.

Katie Scherrer (@connectedkatie) is a library consultant, author, Registered Yoga Teacher, and the founder of Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® - a yoga-inspired and science-informed early learning program. Her work is dedicated to improving school readiness and blends together mindfulness, inclusion, library science, and early childhood education to advance this goal. She is currently writing Moment by Moment: Embedding Mindfulness in Library Service to Children, which will be published by ALA Editions in 2021.

Additional Resources:

1. Hanh, T. N. (2016). The miracle of mindfulness: An introduction to the practice of meditation. Beacon Press.
2. Beverage, S., DeLong, K., Herold, I. M., & Neufeld, K. (2014). "Mindful leadership defined and explained." In Advances in Librarianship (pp. 21-35). Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 
3. Moniz, Richard J., Joe Eshleman, Jo Henry, Howard Slutzky, and Lisa Moniz. (2016). The mindful librarian: connecting the practice of mindfulness to librarianship.
4. Charney, Madeleine, Jenny Colvin, and Richard Moniz. (2019). Recipes for mindfulness in your library: supporting resilience and community engagement.
5. Williams, J. Mark G., Danny Penman, and Jon Kabat-Zinn. (2012). Mindfulness: an eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world.

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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 is mindfulness and how can it benefit library workers personally and professionally?

Q2 What are some mindfulness skills that both academic and public library workers can practice?OR How can mindfulness be practiced in academic and public library settings, both among staff and users?

Q3 What are some mindful activities or events happening in academic and public libraries?

Q4 How can we keep the conversation of mindfulness going in librarianship?

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