Great class last night. I want to thank Professor Lankes for sharing his experience and inspiring stories from the Salzburg Global Summit, Libraries in the Era of Participatory Cultures. It was a wonderful reminder of why I chose this program because they support a future of librarianship that I hope to be part of and help shape. A future where it is not enough to just learn the basic skills of librarianship. The values and skills we learn in this program will help us improve society by empowering communities and helping them realize their dreams. We are no longer the curators of content, but the content collaborators.
We also met two amazing local school librarians, and although I am not interested in pursuing school librarianship, they both shared lessons and tips that translated to librarianship across the field. Helpful tips included:
-Leadership (don’t be the victim)
-Offer a service that others don’t; fill the gap that is missing in your school or community
-Empower others to be your advocates (iStaff)
-Put customers first (don’t worry about how orderly the library is or creating the perfect MARC record; if your patrons are happy and it works for them, then you are doing great!)
-Reverse advocacy (difficult and time consuming, but very powerful)
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