Tonight was our one-shot workshops with another, and I found them all to be so fascinating. Here is an overview of what was discussed.
The first was about ethical collection development and the inclusion of anti-gay literature in your collections. It was absolutely fascinating and really wonderful workshop leaders. Especially because this one where your own ethics can definitely have the potential of getting in the way. I felt the workshop gave me valuable resources in being able to defend my decisions for collections. I just want to include these questions they had asked us, which I thought were great to kind of play around with in your head!
From Chris Bulin and Jen Colby's one-shot workshop sheet
- Why do you think libraries choose to include anti-gay literature in their collections?
- Do you think the ALA Code of Ethics protects this decision?
- What would you do if asked to include anti-gay literature in your collection?
- By a parent?
- By your library director?
- By a legislator?
The second workshop was a more in depth look at this idea of "dangerous questions" at reference. They gave us a toolbox of resources that can help when making difficult decisions. Personally, I don't really believe too much in this idea of a question being dangerous. Questions can be difficult, but I think we are exaggerating the situation by referring to them as "dangerous". But I definitely liked how these ladies handled the workshop, and all of the resources especially ones for teens reference if we feel ourselves being in a bit of a sticky situation.
Lastly, the other workshop was about partnerships with organizations around your community and with your library. I thought this was so fun and really interesting to hear everyone's ideas about partnerships. I also loved how they had made a framework to follow in order to brainstorm partnerships and make it happen. Kind of like another ADDIE sheet! Really great.
I think our workshop went well. I always think there is room for improvement. We did a lot more discussion based, with prompted questions. Now I wish we had done slightly more instruction to provide a solid framework to go off of like the other groups. I think this is so valuable and will be helpful for me!
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