#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.