Time to Chat About Risk?
Next Wednesday, August 5, at 8pm Eastern, YALSA will sponsor an echat on the topic of risk. As blog readers may know, my YALSA presidential theme for 2009-2010 is Risky Business. This chat will give YALSA members a chance to talk about risk in libraries and how they make risk work for them in their careers and work with teens. It will also be a time for participants to ask questions about risk-taking and libraries. Connie Urquhart, Fresno County Public Library, and myself, Linda Braun, YALSA President will facilitate the discussion.
Connie and I have talked about some of the topics that might come up during the chat and they include:
- What is risk and how does it play a role in teen librarianship?
- How to be a smart risk-taker in the library and in a career?
- What happens when a risk-taken doesn’t have the expected results?
- How library programs and services can help teens be smart in their own risk-taking?
- What stories do echat participants have about their own risk taking?
- How can YALSA help members be smart about risk-taking in their careers?
I hope to talk with you in the chat next week. To participate in the chat login to ALA Connect and then head over to YALSA’s space there.
I wish I could be there, but over here in the UK 8 PM EST = 1 AM!
We’ll definitely post a transcript after the chat so you’ll get to take part that way.
I’ve given the info to my Children’s Services Librarians, and, while they cannot access the chat at the time it’s run, I’ve asked them to make sure they read over the transcript when it’s posted. I’ve also encouraged them to subscribe to the podcasts.
Thanks for posting the transcripts, by the way. It makes it a lot easier.
“The Director”