The Librarian's Guide to Teaching

Making Time for Professional Development

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Show Notes:

On this episode of The Librarian's Guide to Teaching, Amanda and Jessica talk with Bonnie Lafazan, Library Director of the Berkeley College Woodbridge Campus and current member of the ACRL Professional Development Committee and the ACRL Conference 2020 Committee. They chat about the importance of the various levels of professional development, strategies to building a culture of development and how we make time for writing and reading.

Topics & Takeaways:

  • Professional development is an important part of keeping up to date on what’s going on in librarianship as well as stretching ourselves as life-long learners.
  • We balance our professional development time between work and personal time based on what works for our lives. Amanda shares some strategies for fitting it in on a tight schedule.
  • For those interested in encouraging professional development at their institution, a variety of strategies are discussed including bringing information back from your local library organizations, giving a variety of opportunities to team members and getting input from staff members on what they want to develop.

    • Resources related to this episode’s theme and mentioned in the show include:

    • ACRL Library Marketing Outreach & Interest Group (including a link to the active Facebook group)
    • ACRL Roles & Strengths of Teaching Librarians
    • American Libraries Magazine
    • College & Research Libraries News
    • Circulating Ideas - Podcasts of Interest (Free PD from podcasts!)
    • Scholarships:
      • ACRL 2021 Scholarships
      • ALA Education Scholarship Lists
      • Routledge Being a Librarian: Professional Development FreeBook
      • ALA Staff Development Links & Bibliography

        • This episode's theme music:

        Srivastav, A. (2013). Merry Go Round [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://soundcloud.com/909-music/arnav-srivastav-merry-go

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        Amanda: @HistoryBuff820

        Email: [email protected]

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