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The Roundtable of Learning: A Poem
The Roundtable of Learning: A Poem
by Dorothy Stoltz
(With several nods to A. Pope)
Dorothy is serving on the ALA LearnRT executive board.
Oh What Joy! When a Learning need is known.
Expand our scope, we need not prepare alone!
A well-stocked Library holds more than Books,
Living Ideas glow from each cranny and its nooks.
With the same linkage, ever sure to bind,
We bring to each potential a Thriving Mind.
Draw forth Learning with Patience and Foresight,
The Round Table uplifts with Strength and fresh Light.
For more information about the ALA Learning Roundtable https://www.ala.org/learnrt
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Activating Our Intelligence
Activating Our Intelligence: A Common Sense Approach to Artificial Intelligence
by Dorothy Stoltz
How can we sift through the AI challenges and create a balanced approach drawing on the library’s strengths? This column presents a reflection on how we can inspire and foster our intelligence and potential to discern useful information about AI and our use of it.
Read more at Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL)
https://ital.corejournals.org/index.php/ital/article/view/17229/11903
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Growing Menace of Pessimism-On-Display (POD)
Growing Menace of Pessimism-On-Display (POD)
The Growing Menace of Pessimism-On-Display (POD): How to Spot It, How to Stop It
Whether we are dealing with a high stakes opportunity like making a case for continued funding before county or city commissioners or introducing a new service idea to departmental staff, assumptions and prejudices – ours or those of others – can challenge our ability to stay above the fray.
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Joy Forevermore
Growing Menace of Pessimism-On-Display (POD)
Joy Forevermore: A Poem
by Dorothy Stoltz
‘Nevermore, nevermore’ –
Love you Master Poe ‘forevermore.’
Ah, distinctly my sister remembers Anchorage hereafter,
Trouble passed over her town on hearing the White Raven’s laughter.
‘Though scruffy and unshaven, thou,’ she said, ‘art surely no craven,’
Perched upon a branch of spruce, the White Raven
Calls not ‘nevermore,’
But a song of joy!
Read more about the White Raven of Anchorage, Alaska...
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Brightening the Shadows
Whether it sits in a school, stands on the main street of a town, connects college lecture halls, or perches on the top floor of a hospital, the library – as a guidepost for light and wisdom – issues a call to action. It compels all – young and old – to expand what we know and can do. It persistently beckons us to explore life.
Helping Children Develop the Love of Reading
There is no better gift for a child than the love of reading. Losing yourself in a good book by letting it take you away to another place and time can be one of the great pleasures of childhood. Books that seize the imagination can help children develop a strong sense of self, as they explore characters in situations both similar to and different from their own.
Librarians Can Help People Learn to Think and Appreciate Life
Librarians Can Help People Learn to Think and Appreciate Life
Librarians Can Help People Learn to Think and Appreciate Life
The library is a record of the everlasting genius of humanity—found in our print and digital collections, activities, and discussions. This record is available to all. Peer learning invites you to take action and create everyday moments to draw forth genius and boldness in your community.
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Just Having a Good Plan Doesn’t Guarantee Good Results
Librarians Can Help People Learn to Think and Appreciate Life
Librarians Can Help People Learn to Think and Appreciate Life
The Articles of Confederation, 1781 to 1789, – a demonstration of a poor plan – were replaced by the United States Constitution. Thomas Jefferson writes in his autobiography about several problems and how they were solved, such as a committee’s behavior of avoidance – not only avoiding discussion of issues but members avoiding each other.
Calming Reassurance
Librarians Can Help People Learn to Think and Appreciate Life
Peers Draw Forth Learning and Discovery
The phrase “above the fray” has been used in recent years by a company that designs ways to organize technology to make life less complicated. A consulting group used the same phrase to describe how parents can help their children safely maneuver digital and online activity. However, we don’t want to fixate on “the fray,” but rather focus our attention on conveying the power of big ideas, such as optimism, respect, and mercy.
Peers Draw Forth Learning and Discovery
Peers Draw Forth Learning and Discovery
Peers Draw Forth Learning and Discovery
How can librarians converse with peers—colleagues and community members—to draw forth learning? Librarians need to implement the ability to listen and take one another seriously, but then respect each opinion.
Skills that librarians can nurture in themselves and others to not only converse with peers, but to excel with customer service: