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Different Skills in Your Librarianship Path: Art Tours and Cataloguing
By Kaia MacLeod (Follow us on LinkedIn) Oftentimes, I use a 2021 job posting for a Canadian National Film Board Librarian as an example of requirements versus skills when talking to current MLIS...
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Limp Lettuce in the New Generational Sandwich
By Caroline Nevin (Follow us on LinkedIn) Photo by Sara Cervera on Unsplash When I was a young parent in the 90s, the concept of the Sandwich Generation was well established. People talking about this...
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The Truth is in the Stories
By Mikayla Redden (Follow us on LinkedIn) As I sit here writing, it’s Truth and Reconciliation Week in Canada. With a deadline looming, there were several topics I considered writing about, but this...
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Beyond Hustle Culture: Repairing My Relationship with Rest
By Lynie Awywen (Follow us on LinkedIn) I am unwell and it is driving me nuts! The thought “I hate being weak” reverberates in my mind as I wrestle with the unsettling notion of ‘rest’ and the...
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Getting Better at Resume Writing: Results Oriented Job Descriptions
By Cynthia “Arty” Ng (Follow us on LinkedIn) I used to think I was good at resume writing. However, I recently realized I was okay, but not great at it. Considering my success rate, I’d like to say it...
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Fill Out Your Occupation
By Candice Fong (Follow us on LinkedIn) Fill out your occupation. Seems like such an innocuous request but as a person who has a hard time defining themselves into a nice, neat package, I go through...
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The Publication Train: Project Management for Scholarship Production
By Kaia MacLeod (Follow us on LinkedIn) As a tenure-track academic librarian publishing scholarship is a part of my job. It’s one of the reasons I picked academia over public libraries. I wanted to be...
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Trauma-Informed Librarianship for Survivors
By Allan Cho (Follow us on LinkedIn) As part of the Visible Minority Librarians of Canada Network (ViMLoC), I’ve participated in its mentorship program and have met many talented and eager early...
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Looking Back, to Look Ahead
By Cecilia Tellis (Follow us on LinkedIn) As a mid-career librarian, I’ve been reflecting back on my early days in librarianship. In my first full-time and permanent role, I was part of a team of law...
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What I Didn’t Know, Made Me Do It
By Vicki Jay Leung (Follow us on LinkedIn) I was a late bloomer with my work in diversity, inclusion, and decolonization (DID) causes, even though I always held a nascent value in achieving equality...
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