Creativity for library career advancement: perspective, techniques and eureka moments /

Creativity for library career advancement: perspective, techniques and eureka moments /

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Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019.
Description:vii, 256 pages : illustratitons ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Library science -- Vocational guidance.
Librarians -- Employment.
Career development.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11915345
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Other authors / contributors:Gubnitskaia, Vera, 1960- editor.
Smallwood, Carol, 1939- editor.
Tenbusch, Deb Biggs, author of foreword.
ISBN:9781476674018
1476674019
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:In today's diverse, ever-changing job market, creativity is more necessary than ever. In a profession offering a broad range of job opportunities, librarians are surrounded by myriad connections to be made. They are trained to recognize them. This collection of new essays covers a wide spectrum of methods for cultivating creativity. Topics include learning through role-playing games, libraries as publishers, setting up and using makerspaces, developing in-home support for early-career staff, creating travelling exhibits, creative problem solving, and organizing no-cost conferences.
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
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