Library Land Loves Michelle Arbuckle

Dr. Michael Stephens joins us to chat about empathy - why it's important and tools to help us develop our empathy muscles. Adjacent to the important topic of empathy is compassion fatigue and how the work that we do requires us to take care of ourselves, to step out our work roles, take time for dreaming and find joy in our lives and our work.

Join us at the upcoming "Empathetic Public Libraries" workshop. More information on the OLA website or email us at education@accessola.com 

Referenced in today's episode: 

"A Wholehearted Approach to Service...and Burnout or Soft Skills are Heart Skills" by Michael Stephens 

"Let's Bring Joy Back: Learning, Exploration, Experience & Story" by Stacie Ledden and Michael Stephens (PLA 2022 Slide deck; Attendee Ideas Document) 

Purchase Michael's book "Wholehearted Librarianship: Finding Hope, Inspiration and Balance" at The Library Marketplace. 

Follow Michael Stephens @mstephens7 or at www.tametheweb.com

Follow Michelle Arbuckle @citybrarian  and OLA @onlibassoc

On July 8, 2022 Canada experienced one of the largest telecomm outages in recent memory when Rogers Communications experienced a massive network failure. Millions of people were unable to access wifi, or process debit transactions, and even getting a cup of coffee proved difficult. Today three library systems are sharing their stories of how they handled the challenges of that day. They'll tell us what it looked like in their branches, how library staff coped, and what lessons we should all be taking away from this. 

Thanks to Margie Singleton from Vaughan Public Libraries, Michael Ciccone from London Public Library and Laura Warner from Brantford Public Library for sharing their stories. 

Nancy Cooper, First Nation Communities READ coordinator is here to tell us all about the program, this year's 2022/2023 selected titles and how you can learn more and get involved. 

Links from the episode: 

First Nation Communities READ website 

Goodminds.com 

First Nations Public Library Week website

FNPLW Poster 

Follow @FNCReads 

Follow Michelle @citybrarian

This week we're talking about banned books with host and creator of The Stacks podcast, Traci Thomas. Earlier this year Traci hosted a five part series on banned books where she had some really interesting conversations with librarians, authors, students, teachers, performers, politicians, and bookstore owners. The series explored all the nuances around the implications of banning books and she joins Michelle to chat about what she learned over the course of that week. 

Here are some links to things that we chatted about in this conversation: 


The Stacks - Day 1 - Banned Books in the Stacks with Katrina Stokes and Thursday Williams
The Stacks - Day 2 - Banned Books in the Stacks with Alison Bechdel and Kelsey Reynolds
The Stacks - Day 3 - Banned Books in the Stacks with Ghazala Hashmi and Hannah Oliver Depp
The Stacks - Day 4 - Banned Books in The Stacks with Timya Wright and Azar Nafisi 
The Stacks - Day 5 - Banned Books in The Stacks with Kiese Laymon
NPR It's Been a Minute - What People Miss When Talking About Banned Books 
ALA's Top 10 Most Challenged Books List 
Freedom to Read Week 
CFLA-FCAB Intellectual Freedom Challenges Survey

Follow The Stacks @thestackspod_ on Twitter and Instagram

Follow Michelle @citybrarian and OLA @onlibraryassoc

This keynote conversation was recorded at the 2022 OLA Super Conference. 

Get obsessed with us. OLA is thrilled to bring the hosts of National Public Radio’s Pop Culture Happy Hour to chat about how pop culture will save us all. From lowbrow to highbrow, what culture are we consuming during our pandemic journey? And more importantly, what culture is making us happy this week?

Join arts journalists Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon and Stephen Thompson in conversation with Michelle Arbuckle about all the culture that’s fit to talk about.

Five days a week, Pop Culture Happy Hour serves you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, books, videogames and more. Hosted by Linda Holmes, Glen Weldon, Stephen Thompson, and Aisha Harris - plus a rotating cast of guest pop culture aficionados. The Happy Hour team leaves room at the table for exploring a range of reactions and opinions on every bit of the pop universe.

Listen to NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour 

Connect with Michelle on Twitter @citybrarian 

Follow OLA @onlibraryassoc

Many libraries now make their own podcasts, but there are also people who make library and book-related podcasts outside of their jobs. Panelists will discuss why they make podcasts, how they engage with their audiences, what makes a successful podcast, balancing work vs podcasting, and where they’d like to see podcasting go in the future.

Thank you to Matthew Murray, Brenna Clarke Gray, Alanna King and Maurice Coleman. 

Podcasts:


Read Into This: https://www.canadianschoollibraries.ca/read-into-this/
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr: https://hazelkatnissharrystarr.simplecast.com/
You Got This!: https://yougotthis.trubox.ca/
T is for Training: https://tisfortraining.wordpress.com/
Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast: https://bookclub4m.libsyn.com/

A full transcript of this episode can be found here.