#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Sep 14 & Wed Sep 23 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Virtual (Remote) Instruction 

Online learning has been growing for years now, which as it turns out has come in handy this year given the way things have gone because it means a lot of the infrastructure needed for remote virtual teaching is already in place. Online learning and remote instruction are two very different beasts though. They require very different things, both are happening simultaneously right now though thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, so let's talk about them!

Here are some pieces about the differences:

Remote versus Online Instruction from Memorial University

The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning from Educase Review

Emergency Remote Teaching Vs. Online Learning: A Comparison from University of the People

From Emergency Remote Teaching to Rigorous Online Learning from EdTech

And here is a selection on remote teaching and online learning directly related to libraries:

Pandemic Resources for Academic Libraries: Distance Education and Engagement from the ACRL

Online learning is here to stay: Librarians transform into digital instructors from American Libraries Magazine

Supporting Academic Libraries through COVID-19 from EBSCOpost

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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 Are you providing virtual instruction (either remote or online) due to the pandemic, please share your experience!

Q2 What challenges and successes are you experiencing with virtual instruction (either remote or online) because of the pandemic? 

Q3 Are you experiencing any students with barriers/challenges to internet accessibility? How are you handling them?

Q4 What alternatives and workarounds are you using for virtual instruction (either remote or online) that you used for in-person instruction?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Aug 31 & Wed Sep 9 2020 - 8:30pm ET

  

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Early literacy programming in libraries 

Please join me in wishing #LISProchat regular Stefanie Maclin-Hurd a very happy birthday! In honour of her birthday, she worked with Leigh to develop the topic and questions for this chat. She can't join in as host but she is our official co-host for the chat! Stefanie has pulled together some resources on early literacy programming for us to look it before the chat. Early literacy is a huge part of what K-12 school libraries and children's departments in public libraries take care of and these efforts have been hampered by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

Early Literacy and Education

Early Literacy

Early Literacy at The New York Public Library

Early Literacy

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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 types of early literacy programming have you done at your library? Please share!

Q2 What changes/alternatives have you had to come up with for early literacy programming because of COVID?

Q3 What advice do you have for planning early literacy programming in libraries?

Q4 What resources can you share for helping to plan early literacy programming in libraries?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Wed Aug 12 & Mon Aug 17 2020 - 8:30pm ET

 

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TOPIC

Tips and Tricks for Working from home 

Many of us have been and continue to be working from home whether part-time or full-time and it looks like that's going to be the norm for the foreseeable future. So we figured for this chat we should share our work from home tips and tricks with one another.

Working Remotely Like a Boss

Q/A With Drexel Libraries Staff On COVID-19 And Working From Home

20 Tips for Working From Home

Coronavirus: Best Practices for Working From Home, According to a Six-Figure Social Media Entrepreneur

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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 Is working from home new to you during COVID or have you done it before?

Q2 What challenges and successes are your having with working from home?

Q3 What workarounds and new resources have you Acquired while working from home?

Q4 What tips and tricks can you share about working from home?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Jul 27 & Wed Aug 5 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Research as a Librarian

I'm in my 3rd semester of my MLIS and I just submitted my first research paper of the program. I haven't taken the intro to research course yet and it's been a good 10 years since I had to write a paper so needless to say I was feeling very rusty and unsure about the expectations.

I thought that would make for an interesting topic. So let's talk about what kinds of research you did in your programs. Let's talk about what kinds of research you're doing/have done in your jobs (or if you even have to).

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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 Do you have to engage in research related activities in your current job? What about past jobs?

Q2 What kinds of research are you doing? How? What topics?

Q3 Tell us about the research projects and papers that you did in library school?

Q4 Are you required to get published for your current job? Have you been published? Share your publications with us.

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for ANNUAL CONFERENCE CHAT Mon Jul 13 & Wed Jul 22 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

POST CONFERENCE CHAT!

Hard to believe it but it's that time of year again. The time of year where we run our annual feature to help those of you who went to either SLA Annual or ALA Annual share what you learned with your colleagues who for whatever reason could not/did not attend. This way those of us who were #ALAleftbehind/#SLAleftbehind can still can some benefits from those sweet, sweet sessions, panels, and presentations.

With the proliferation of virtual conferences this year please feel free to come and discuss any other conferences you've been to lately! I myself will be talking about the OTN 2020 Summit, SUNLYA2020 and ABC Copyright 2020.

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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 done a virtual conference this year? If yes, what conference and what was your reason for attending?  If not, why not?

Q2 What are your takeaways from  #infotrends2020 #SLAinfotrends or #ALAvirtual20 or other conferences and what did you enjoy the most?

Q3 Tell us about someone who you’ve met at #infotrends2020 #SLAinfotrends or #ALAvirtual20 or other conferences and why are they awesome?

Q4 What did you like least/what you’d like to see change about #infotrends2020 #SLAinfotrends or #ALAvirtual20 or other conferences for next year?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Monday June 22 & Thursday July 2 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Intersectionality: Resources and program sharing for Black Lives Matter, National Indigenous History Month (Canada) and Pride Month

The Black Lives Matter movement is at the core of our collective consciousness right now, and we here at #LISprochat adamantly support the cause. In addition to BLM programming June was already usually a big month for library programs with it being both international Pride month and Canada's National Indigenous History Month. So Leigh and I thought we'd brainstorm programming ideas and resources for discussing BLM, National Indigenous History Month, and Pride month with our library users. We've decided to re-frame this conversation to look at these three important topics from an intersectional perspective. We acknowledge they are all important topics deserving of individual chats in their own right, but having intersectional conversations is equally important.

Here's some pre-chat reading on the subject:

How Libraries Are Supporting The Black Lives Matter Movement

Libraries Respond: Black Lives Matter

San Diego Public Library Debuts Online Hub For Pride Month Events, Information

Rainbow Book Month

Celebrating Pride Month through reading: Here's a librarian's list of LGBTQ books for kids and teens

National Indigenous History Month (Canada): Welcome

Vancouver Public Library National Indigenous History Month

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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 Has your library planned any programming for the. black lives matter movement, indigenous history month or pride month?

Q2 What reading recommendations do you have for the black lives matter movement, indigenous history month or pride month?

Q3 What resources do you recommend for the black lives matter movement, indigenous history month or pride month?

Q4 What advice do you have for librarians advocating for the black lives matter movement, indigenous history month and pride month?

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#LISprochat with the Experts - questions for Wednesdayday June 17 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

A Q&A With Stefanie Maclin-Hurd, ILS Support Librarian

Stefanie Maclin-Hurd (she/her) currently works as the ILS Support Librarian for the WAGGIN District (Washington, Greene, Fayette Counties) in SW Pennsylvania. Previously, she has worked at an IT Marketing Company, Oil and Gas Company, a Digital Publishing Company, and in academic libraries. She completed her MLIS with a specialization in Archives from Simmons College (now Simmons University) in 2010. She also completed a Certificate in Digital Services and Emerging Technologies from SJSU. She is the SLA Pittsburgh Community President, founded the Working Parents and Caregivers Group, and a former President of the SLA New England Community. 

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QUESTIONS

Here are the questions that Stefanie will be answering for us. If time allows we'll also open up the conversation for any other questions that may come to you all during the chat!

Q1 Why did you decide to go to library school? 

Q2 What do you like best about your current job?

Q3 What led you to the niche of systems support?

Q4 What courses/professional development activities would you recommend for someone interested in getting into ILS support?

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#LISprochat with the Experts - bio & question call for Wednesdayday June 17 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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A Q&A With Stefanie Maclin-Hurd, ILS Support Librarian

Stefanie Maclin-Hurd (she/her) currently works as the ILS Support Librarian for the WAGGIN District (Washington, Greene, Fayette Counties) in SW Pennsylvania. Previously, she has worked at an IT Marketing Company, Oil and Gas Company, a Digital Publishing Company, and in academic libraries. She completed her MLIS with a specialization in Archives from Simmons College (now Simmons University) in 2010. She also completed a Certificate in Digital Services and Emerging Technologies from SJSU. She is the SLA Pittsburgh Community President, founded the Working Parents and Caregivers Group, and a former President of the SLA New England Community. 

Submit questions you'd like Stefanie to discuss as comments on this post and we'll choose some together and post them in advance of the chat.

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Monday June 1 & Wednesday June 10 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Re-opening of Libraries

Libraries are starting to talk about re-opening and it's important that we discuss how that's going to happen, what it's going to look like and how to do that safely. For the month of June we're trying out a new experiment we're going to run each chat twice, on the first week we'll run it on the Monday at 8:30 and then the next week we'll run it again at 8:30 on the Wednesday. Our Wednesday chat in May worked so well we wanted to give it a shot and see what it could be like if we tried to do both.

Here's some pre-chat reading on the subject:

COVID-19 Pandemic Resources and Plans for Library Reopening

Reopening: Not “When?” But “How?”

Planning for Reopening Resources

Preparing to Reopen Your Library

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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 Is your library in the process of reopening? Yes or no and what date?

Q2 Is your library going to be fully open? Are you doing curbside? What types of programs are you doing for your patrons?

Q3 What changes will you be making to your library policies and what are you doing to ensure the safety of your patrons and staff?

Q4 If you are a library in the process of reopening, what recommendations do you have for libraries going to be doing this in the future? 

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Wednesday May 20 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Staying professionally engaged while working from home

As COVID-19 continues to keep us at home, let's talk about how everyone is trying to stay engaged professionally whether they're working from home or currently furloughed. 

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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: How are staying professionally connected and engaged while at home right now?

Q2: How have you been finding out about digital opportunities and what are your go-to resources?

Q3 What kinds of virtual opportunities would you like to see for LIS pros now and in the future?

Q4 Do you think virtual conference experiences could become the new normal? Do you think they should be?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon May 3 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Libraries and the digital divide during the pandemic

METRO did a webinar last week on libraries in New York and how their patrons are being affected by the digital divide right now, I thought this was a good chance for us to discuss the same issue.

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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: How are your patrons affected by the digital divide during the pandemic?

Q2: Is your library doing anything specific to combat the issues of the digital divide at this time?

Q3 What do you think the responsibility of libraries is to fix the digital divide right now? How can we fix it in the long term?

Q4? Do you think the current situation will help us make lasting changes in narrowing the digital divide or do you think this will make the divide even wider than it previously was?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Apr 27 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Libraries, info pros and going digital during the pandemic

This is a continuation of the Virtual Roundtable discussion Leigh led with SLA on 4/16.

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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: How did your library or organization handle the fast-changing situation of the pandemic? Did they close their doors quickly or wait a few weeks? What was communication like?

Q2: How well was your library/organization already set up for providing digital resources and services to users? What workarounds, alternatives did you have to use?

Q3 What were your library/organization’s biggest challenges and how were they addressed? What are the current challenges now?

Q4? What changes did your organization make that you think will have a lasting effect or lead to longer-term changes?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Apr 13 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

COVID and Library Programming

Since we're all still figuring out how to exist and carry-on in this ever-changing pandemic world, this week we're going to talk about how to run library programming during a pandemic.

Resources:

https://www.wired.com/story/covid-19-libraries-impact-goes-beyond-books/

https://www.bctv.org/2020/04/06/libraries-getting-creative-with-virtual-programming/?fbclid=IwAR1CLE92NVa8dpwxmRlw1J7-ZA3-OTl31ljQnjuYd42SPGxNeCmK1WI5ox8

https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/youth-programming-goes-virtual.html?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=April+1+2020+Crossroads&utm_campaign&utm_term=WebJunctionCrossroads_COMM&fbclid=IwAR3kEl8AuChLNcutaNpmhBOFtcN-mOjY2xI7_9XhHh9VPojfdkz1klOaq_Q 

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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: How are things going for you and your library during the pandemic? Are you providing services remotely or is your library closed or something else?

Q2: What types of virtual programming /library services are you doing for your patrons during the pandemic?  Or what ideas do you have for virtual programming and library services?

Q3 Are you getting a good turnout for your virtual programming during the pandemic. What types of feedback are you receiving?

Q4? What advice do you have for creating virtual programming/services for your library? How can libraries work together to provide virtual programming during the pandemic? 

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Mar 30 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Vocational Awe In A Pandemic

Fobazi Ettarh (@fobettarh) coined the term "vocational awe" and describes it in detail in a 2018 article in "In The Library With The Lead Pipe" titled, "Vocational Awe And Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves". She defines "vocational awe' as, "the set of ideas, values, and assumptions librarians have about themselves and the profession that result in notions that libraries as institutions are inherently good, sacred notions, and therefore beyond critique. I argue that the concept of vocational awe directly correlates to problems within librarianship like burnout and low salary."

In the current global pandemic situation, vocational awe led librarians and librarian leadership to intuitively want to stay open and serve their patrons. Libraries are seen as "safe spaces" and librarians as trusted individuals. However, viruses do not respect space and large public gathering spaces like libraries are no different than other spaces when it comes to groups of individuals getting infected. This chat will revolve around the past few weeks of the global library response to the pandemic and lessons learned to use for the future.

Sarah Braun works in a small political science special collections library in Washington, DC. She's an active member of the DC Chapter of the Special Libraries Association and is its current Communications Chair. She's also a member of the Public Policy Advisory Council of SLA. In her free time she attempts to garden and dabbles in analog photography. If you want to get in touch with her, reach out on twitter, she's @braunsk.

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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 How did the libraries around you, whether it be the one you work in, the public library you frequent, or the university's library where you're a student, respond to the virus? Were they keen to stay open, or did they immediately scale back hours? Did they have a policy in place to deal with this kind of situation?

Q2  What was the rationale for the decision taken? Do you think vocational awe and the library's mission to serve patrons at all costs played a role? Do you think public libraries or academic libraries were more likely to respond more quickly?

Q3 In general, what is your experience of vocational awe within the field? Have you experienced burnout because of these ingrained values? Has this pandemic caused you to rethink the notion of vocational awe?

Q4 What lessons can we take away from this pandemic? How can we creatively serve patrons during a pandemic, which we now know requires us to social distance ourselves, while keeping from experiencing too much stress and burnout?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Mar 23 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Copyright in libraries: A deeper dive with Lesley Ellen Harris

Building on our previous chat this week we'll be led by expert copyright educator Lesley Ellen Harris (of Copyrightlaws.com). The questions we've got this week are a little more in-depth than last time but you don't need to have been at the last session to get a lot out of this one!

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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 aspects of copyright law are you already familiar with? Are you comfortable with them? What aspects would you like to learn more about?

Q2  How familiar are you with licensing electronic resources? Are you involved with that for your organization? Are you familiar with the terms for your licenses?

Q3 Do you look at the application of copyright law as a risk analysis? How do you approach this analysis? How risk avoidant is your place of work when it comes to copyright?

Q4 What sort of copyright education does your workplace engage in? How are you making your users aware of copyright law and their use of content?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Mar 9 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

A copyright in libraries primer

All right chatters, for the March 23rd chat expert copyright educator Lesley Ellen Harris (of Copyrightlaws.com) will be our guest chatter. This will be Lesley's first time doing a Twitter chat, so she's going to be joining us this coming Monday as a participant to get a sense of what the chat is like, so for that reason I thought we could have a little primer session on copyright in libraries. This is my niche, as you know, I'm the Copyright and Reserves Supervisor at my library. I'm also currently working with Lesley as her current Copyright Specialist in residence which is what prompted this great collab for the chat. Copyright is a complicated topic, but it's relevant in a wide variety of library settings so it's great to at least have a foundation in it. So join us this week for a primer session and then in two weeks for more in-depth exploration at the hands of a long-standing expert in the field.

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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 Do you ever get questions about copyright at your library? What kinds?

Q2  How much do you know about copyright, do you know where to look for information? What are your go-to resources?

Q3 How much did you learn about copyright in your MLIS? Did any of your courses touch on it? Do you think they need to?

Q4 What advice do you have for planning a black history month program at the library?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Feb 24 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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Topic is black history month programming in libraries

February is Black History Month in the US and Canada. Did you know it happens in October in other countries? It's very much worth talking about how libraries handle their programming for Black History Month. Here are some resources to check out:

Black History Month Booklists
African American History Month
Every Month is Black History Month
About African American History Month
Black History for Libraries

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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 Did you library do a program for black history month? What did you do? If not what ideas do you have?

Q2  Why is it important for libraries to have programming for black history month?

Q3 What are you go-to resources for program planning for Black History Month?

Q4 What advice do you have for planning a black history month program at the library?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Feb 3 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Post-conference chat: Ontario Library Associate Superconference, ALA Midwinter, and SLA Leadership Symposium Edition

January is an incredibly busy month for library conferences. Canada's biggest library conference happened in Toronto, ALA Midwinter was in Philly, and SLA took over DC. Three conferences, three associations, three different sizes. Let's talk about the many different experiences you all had at those conferences. If you didn't get the chance to attend this year come and see what you missed, and here are the websites to check out in advance:

https://www.olasuperconference.ca/
https://2020.alamidwinter.org/
https://www.slamediaplanner.com/leadership-symposium-1/

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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 Did you go to #SLAleads, #ALAMW20 or #OLASC this year? If yes, what conference and what was your reason for attending?  If not, why not?

Q2  What are your takeaways from  #SLALeads, #OLASC or #ALAMW20 or other conferences and what did you enjoy the most?

Q3 Tell us about someone who you’ve met at #OLASC, #SLAleads or  #ALAMW20 or other conferences and why are they awesome?

Q4 What did you like least/what you’d like to see change about #SLAleads, #OLASC or #ALAMW20 or other conferences for next year?  What were your thoughts on the controversy at #ALAMW20?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Feb 3 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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Post-conference chat: Ontario Library Associate Superconference, ALA Midwinter, and SLA Leadership Symposium Edition

January is an incredibly busy month for library conferences. Canada's biggest library conference happened in Toronto, ALA Midwinter was in Philly, and SLA took over DC. Three conferences, three associations, three different sizes. Let's talk about the many different experiences you all had at those conferences. If you didn't get the chance to attend this year come and see what you missed, and here are the websites to check out in advance:

https://www.olasuperconference.ca/
https://2020.alamidwinter.org/
https://www.slamediaplanner.com/leadership-symposium-1/

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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 Did you go to #SLAleads, #ALAMW20 or #OLASC this year? If yes, what conference and what was your reason for attending?  If not, why not?

Q2  What are your takeaways from  #SLALeads, #OLASC or #ALAMW20 or other conferences and what did you enjoy the most?

Q3 Tell us about someone who you’ve met at #OLASC, #SLAleads or  #ALAMW20 or other conferences and why are they awesome?

Q4 What did you like least/what you’d like to see change about #SLAleads, #OLASC or #ALAMW20 or other conferences for next year?  What were your thoughts on the controversy at #ALAMW20?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Jan 20 2018 - 8:30pm ET

by Nick Youngson

TOPIC

Leadership skills & how to build them

I'm taking library leadership and management this semester so it seemed like a good time to revisit this topic we last discussed in 2017.

7 Ways to Start Building Your Leadership Skills Today (No Matter Where You Are on the Ladder)

9 ways to develop your leadership skills

How to find out your style of leadership

7 ways to build stronger leadership skills

Becoming an Effective Leader (edX MOOC)

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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 skills do you think make someone a good and effective leader? Do you think being a good leader is the same as being a good manager?

Q2 What resources do you use in order to build your leadership skills at work?

Q3 What resources do you use to build your leadership skills outside of work?

Q4 Do you think that library schools are doing enough to help produce good and effective library leaders? How would you have them change if not?

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#LISprochat lead-in - topic & questions for Mon Jan 6 2020 - 8:30pm ET

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TOPIC

Looking ahead: Libraries and goals for 2020

Happy new year and new decade everyone! I thought we could start 2020 off by looking ahead. Let's have a nice chat about our professional goals and hopes for the year and any that our libraries and library schools may have as well!

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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 your professional development goals for 2020? What library topics/trends/areas do you hope to learn more about this year?

Q2 What accomplishments are you hoping to make at work/at school/in your research related to libraries?

Q3 Does your library or library school have any big events or projects on the horizon for 2020? Are you a part of them?

Q4 Are you hoping or planning to get more involved with professional associations this year? If no, why not? If yes, how so?

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