#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.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE TIME TO 8:30PM ET!

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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