#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.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE'VE CHANGED 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 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?

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING IN ON TWITTER AT 8:30 PM ET NEXT MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG. 

#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/

Please remember that Leigh and I are now in Daylight Savings Time so the chat will be at 8:30 EDT.

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 8:30 PM ET MONDAY,  NOVEMBER 4 USING THE #LISPROCHAT HASHTAG.