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“How to Grow Your Mentoring Network’ was the topic of the Core e-Forum for March 2022. Throughout the discussion on mentoring, 16 individuals shared their experiences, suggestions, and resources. There is a wide variety in the practice and effectiveness of mentorships. From the mentoring toolkit from UC Davis, we defined…Continue Reading
During the February 2022 Core e-Forum “What You Did (Or Didn’t) Learn in Library School,” our group desired to open a discussion about varied experiences in library school among librarians currently practicing. We know that there are many stories of processes learned once on the job as opposed to during…Continue Reading
Our primary objectives in the e-Forum were to hear about the impact COVID-19 had on library operations/staff and how participants coped with so many unique challenges and stressors. We were particularly interested in facilitating discussion about workflows and best practices. In short, how did library staff respond to trying circumstances,…Continue Reading
The October Core e-Forum brought perspectives from a wide range of libraries, including public libraries, school libraries, and academic libraries. Some belong to institutions that currently have active DEI committees and initiatives. Potential benefits from library DEI efforts in cataloging and collection development include more satisfied users and increased library…Continue Reading
The August Core e-Forum focused on instructional technologies and the effects of COVID-19 on library instruction. Attendees were asked how they changed their teaching styles during COVID-19 and responses varied from asynchronous modules and recordings in the LMS to synchronous online instruction sessions. Tools mentioned included Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Kaltura,…Continue Reading
During the July 2021 Core e-Forum “Job Hunting and Hiring During the Pandemic”, our group aimed to examine innovative practices from hiring institutions and job hunters during the unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic. We wanted to bring to light the adaptations library job seekers have had to implement in…Continue Reading
In the June Core e-Forum, participants were asked to discuss the relationship between job training and job satisfaction. The discussion also addressed ways to organize a successful training program and using instructional design methods to improve technical services training. The first day’s discussion revolved around more general questions about the…Continue Reading
During the May 2021, Core eForum, ‘We Faceted our Seatbelts, Now What? Advocacy for Implementing Faceted Vocabularies in Public Facing Interfaces,’ we hoped to open a wide discussion on implementing faceted vocabs, perceptions of how those headings should be used or displayed, and what making use of these vocabularies can…Continue Reading
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In the April Core E-Forum, participants were asked to discuss Communities of Practice (CoP), consider how a CoP could/should function, and how it might be useful to apply at organizations with distributed personnel. While many participants had little experience with CoPs prior to the e-forum, a wide variety of aspects…Continue Reading
The two day e-Forum “Changes in Library Organization” which took place on March 2-3, 2021 had 80 posts from 13 participants, representing a range of institutions: public, academic, and vendor. Our discussions included reasons why libraries needed to change their organizational structure, barriers to change and how to overcome them,…Continue Reading
