#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Mar 25 2018 - 8:30pm ET

Mini-Conference via Wikimedia Commons

TOPIC

Planning in-house mini-conferences at your library 

This week's topic is once again inspired by my own current experience, I'm in the process of planning a one-day mini showcase/professional development day/conference on accessibility in my library. So I thought it would be fun and informative to talk about it in chat so we can all share our experiences with one another. After all the library industry does love conferences be they big or small, we run and attend a lot of them!

A conference of our own: Creating an in-house professional development opportunity by Shellie Jeffries and Christina Radisauskas
Event Planning 101: Running a One Day Conference Well via Life & Urbanism
The Time-Crunched Marketer’s Guide to Planning a Successful User Conference in 8 Weeks by Abby Nieten
Considerations and Tips for Planning a Successful Workshop or Mini-Conference 

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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 Have you ever planned or attended a conference at your place of work? Tell us about it.

Q2  Have you ever planned a larger conference? Tell us about your experience.

Q3 What are some practical tips for organizing and running an in-house conference?

Q4 What resources can you suggest for someone planning this type of event for the first time?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Mar 11 2018 - 8:30pm ET w/Special Guest chatter!

via Media Mike Hazard on flickr

TOPIC

Residencies & Fellowships 

Our next chat will be on residences and fellowships led by a guest host, Amanda M. Leftwich. Amanda (@thelibmaven) is the Online Learning Librarian & Diversity Fellow at Montgomery County Community College. Leftwich has a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from Arcadia University and 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 creator of @mindfulinlis - a Twitter account dedicated to mindfulness in librarianship.

Amanda has compiled a great list of additional resources on the topic for us all:

ACRL Residency Interest Group https://acrl.ala.org/residency/ 

Alston, J. K. (2015). Interns or professionals? A common misnomer applied to diversity resident librarians can potentially degrade and divide. In R. Hankins & M. Juárez (Eds.), Where are all the librarians of color? The experiences of people of color in academia. Sacramento, Calif.: Library Juice Press.

Alston, J. K. (2017). Causes Of Satisfaction And Dissatisfaction For Diversity Resident Librarians – A Mixed Methods Study Using Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/4080

Barrientos, Q. (2018). Finishing up a library residency: My final thoughts [Blog]. Retrieved May 15, 2018, from https://acrlog.org/2018/05/11/finishing-up-a-library-residency-my-final-thoughts/ 

Boyd, A., Blue, Y., & Im, S. (2017). Evaluation of academic library residency programs in the United States for librarians of color. College & Research Libraries, 78(4), 472–511.

Donaldson, K.S. (2018) Recruiting diverse librarians: Residency programs as an entry point to the academic librarian profession in the United States. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2018 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Transform Libraries, Transform Societies in Session 218 - Women, Information and Libraries SIG.http://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/2223 

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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 a library residency or fellowship? What are your views on residencies and/or fellowships in libraries?

Q2  What strategies should one use when applying?

Q3 What are some practical tips for setting goals during the residency/fellowships?

Q4 What resources or advice do you have for future residents and fellows?

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