Creativity for library career advancement: perspective, techniques and eureka moments /
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Imprint: | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019. |
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Description: | vii, 256 pages : illustratitons ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11915345 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I. Nurture Your Mind
- The Power of Incubation: Slowing Down to Speed Up Creativity
- Two Worlds, One Outlet: Zine Making and Critical Reflection for Professional and Personal Development
- It's in the Cards: Using Tarot Reading to Access Professional Creativity
- Part II. Out of Comfort Zone
- What Is Your Quest? Learning Through Role-Playing Games
- Growth Lessons Learned from a One-Year Fellowship in a Nontraditional Library Environment
- Applying Improvisation in Libraries and Librarianship
- Let Your Voice Be Heard: Libraries as Publishers
- Part III. Exercising Imagination Muscles
- The Art of Pseudo-Archives and Its Role in Advocacy
- Reinvention Through Necessity: One Librarians Evolution from One-Shots to For-Credit Teaching
- The Library as Laboratory: Using Makerspaces to Cultivate Organizational and Personal Creativity
- Firing Up Personal Growth with the Spark of Creativity: How to Start a Creativity Group for Library Staff
- Part IV. Writing and Publishing
- Following in the Footprints of the Master (Detective)
- Poets and Scholars: Foregrounding Librarians' Creative Writing In and Out of the University Classroom
- The Tenure-Track Librarian as a Scholarly Researcher
- The Writerly Librarian: Creativity and Writing
- The Process of Research and Publication as a Tool for Personal and Professional Growth
- Part V. Innovative Business Practices
- Small Steps, Big Impact: Professional and Personal Growth and Development
- Transparency and Subterfuge: Encouraging Creativity in Academic Libraries
- Creative Accommodations: Finding the Best Solution for Library Employees with Invisible Disabilities
- Contagious Creativity: Leveraging Staff Talents and Interest to Find Career Satisfaction
- Developing In-House Support for Early Career Staff
- Part VI. Visual and Performing Arts
- Music to My Ears: Using Amateur Music-Making as a Means of Vocational Specialty
- A Shutterbug in a World of Bookworms: Photography as a Creative Outlet in Academic Librarianship
- Artful Information: Lessons for Librarians from Visual Artists
- Arts Enrichment for a Working Artist Librarian
- Part VII. Partnerships, Collaborations and Networking
- Finding Your Librarian Voice: Creative Ways to Get Involved and Share Ideas
- Collective Creativity
- Around the State in Postcards: Creating Traveling Exhibits
- Part VIII. Budget Matters
- Creative Problem Solving in Libraries: Budgets, Staff and the Lack Thereof
- Beyond the Boot Camp: No-Cost Conferences
- About the Contributors
- Index