List of Contributions

Hi everyone, My name is Ella and I'm a member of the Online Discussion Forum Committee. Our committee's April 2022 topic is Accessibility in Libraries. I hope you'll take the time to participate right here in Connect; simply click on the Reply button to share your thoughts. My background is ...

Doreen, this is such a great topic! Like Dani, I think focusing less on the idea of networking and more on the idea of getting to know someone has made networking easier for me. In my previous career teaching, too, there were always things I had questions about so I started getting comfortable just asking ...

Hi everyone,  I hope you had a restful and rejuvenating holiday period. This conversation was really important to me because sometimes I think we feel like silos with our feelings. It's nice to relate to others and share experiences to know we all are working on overcoming things like imposter syndrome ...

Everyone's brought up so many great points, and I'm glad this topic is one that we all find value in discussing. I have a teaching background prior to librarianship and for whatever reason convinced myself I couldn't teach when it came time to provide my first instructional sessions in my new position. ...

Hi all, My name is Ella Gibson and I'm a member of the NMRT Online Discussion Forum Committee. The committee's December 2021 is Imposter Syndrome. In recent years there has been quite a bit written about imposter syndrome in libraries (see: here and here for a couple examples). I hope you'll be ...

Maria, I could see where that does add some vocational awe. I think, though, normalizing the language with other professions could maybe help there? There is a lot of overlap (at least with my experiences in education!) and it was finding the common language to express it.  I was teaching in Florida ...

I wonder too if it's not just promoting librarianship as a career path but demystifying what librarianship is? There is overlap with many different careers and the skillsets librarians have are transferable to many different fields. I know when I was transitioning to librarianship from teaching many ...

I noticed when I first even mentioned library school that people thought it was a good fit for me because I had a background in teaching. They knew I found teaching exhausting because it was just too much extroversion for me in any given day because you are always on. I feel like past and present media ...