I’m a Living Book!

I love this innovative program at next week’s Ontario Library Association SuperConference. I’m a Living Book! You can check me or any of a group of great people out at the conference for a read/chat.

Check out a living book at the OLA Super Conference Human Library!

Your chance to have a great ‘read’ about interesting, unusual, or leadership careerpositions with a view to:- exploring and expanding the scope of career opportunities to consider- debunking stereotypes (good or bad) associated with career paths (let’s face it –we have them!)

Please be informed of our loan policy: All Living Books have kindly volunteered to be lent out as examples of some intriguingcareer paths. They must be returned to us in the same condition, as they were in at thetime of check-out. You are encouraged to ask questions and share your own point ofview, but always with respect for the person who has volunteered. The Living Book can choose to discontinue a loan and return to the Library, if he or she feels so inclined.

Loan Schedule (subject to change – sign up at the Career Centre):

Thursday February 25:

10:00 or 10:30 Check-Out

Square Peg: A Modern Librarian Learns to Love her Profession by Kimberly Silk,Data Librarian, The Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.
Networking Librarian by Jane Dysart, Dysart and Jones

11:00 or 11:30 Check-Out

User Experience Librarian by Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University Library
Mixed Tape: the day to day grind of a Music Librarian Michelle Arbuckle National Librarian, Canadian Music Centre
Out of the Pan, but into the Fire: Association Work for Librarians by Brent Roe, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Research Libraries

4:00 or 4:30 Check-Out

The Queen of Teen; tales from the frontlines by Teresa Gawman, Teen ServicesLibrarian, Whitby Public Library
The Aging Librarian by Allan M Kleiman, Principal, Library Consultant(s)
On Call The Politics and Challenges of Library Building by Judith Hare, CEO, Halifax Public Libraries.

Friday February 26:

9:00 or 9:30 Check-Out
The GenX Unit Head or Fun Times in Academic Librarianship by Pam Ryan, Head,Science & Technology Library, University of AlbertaInformation Goddess: Branding yourself so you can work for yourself by BethGalloway
The Accidental Public Librarian Becomes CEO by Maureen Barry, CEO, BurlingtonPublic Library

2:00 or 2:30 Check-Out

Library Futurist by Stephen Abram
Asking the Right Questions by Aaron Schmidt, District of Columbia Public Library
You Too Can Be a Booth Babe: Career success with a vendor by Juanita Richardson

3:00 or 3:30 Check-Out

The World is Yours! International Projects and Career Opportunities by RoseDotten, CEO, Shelburne Public Library
Changing Things: Collaboration and Advocacy by Heather Morrison
Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way: The Art of the CEO by Jeff Barber, CEO, Regina Public Library (Chair, Canadian Urban Libraries Council)

Neat, eh?!

Stephen