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**Professional development reading group, reference and information services working group**

This will be on hold in 2023 unless someone volunteers to organise it. 

This will take place on the last Wednesday of each month at 4.00pm.  Please [[
 https://sl-nsw-gov-au.zoom.us/j/88675025148?pwd=UjZ1VXZRUU5kM2JKSENXV0hBTlZyQT09|use this link]] for the meeting.  This link is valid for 2022.

** Next meeting is Wednesday 30 November at 4pm (Yes, there is no October meeting.)** 

We'll be discussing:

Call to Action: Stop Spreading the Fake News That Library Books Are Free by Becky Spratford
Available at [[https://raforall.blogspot.com/2019/02/call-to-action-stop-spreading-fake-news.html]]

 
The points we will discuss at the meeting are: 

1. What ideas did this article trigger for you? 

2. How do the ideas discussed in this article connect to what you currently do at your library? 

3. How do the ideas discussed in this article connect to what you want to do at your library?



==== Previous readings 2022 ====

==== February 2022 reading==== 

33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important Sherman, Will. Information Outlook; Washington Vol. 11, Iss. 6, (Jun 2007): 67-68,71-74,77-78.


==== March 2022 reading==== 

33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important Sherman, Will. Information Outlook; Washington Vol. 11, Iss. 6, (Jun 2007): 67-68,71-74,77-78.

==== April 2022 reading ====
The IFLA Trend Report 2021 Update

Available at: https://trends.ifla.org/

====May 2022 reading====

Cooke, N. A. (2020). Turning antiracist knowledge and education into action. Publishers Weekly, 267(37), 18. 
Available here:http://ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/turning-antiracist-knowledge-education-into/docview/2441910559/se-2?accountid=13902 

Schwartz, M. (2021). What we miss about misinformation. Library Journal, 146(3), 30.
Available here:  http://ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/what-we-miss-about-misinformation/docview/2493153822/se-2?accountid=13902 

====June 2022 reading====

Design for the User, Not the Staff. Library Technology Reports, vol. 58, no. 3, Apr. 2022, pp. 9+. Gale Academic OneFile Available here [[http://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A705609562/AONE?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-AONE&xid=db2aa67e.]]

====August 2022 reading====

“A close look: roving reference in a community college library information commons” by Eileen, H. K. (2020) Reference Services Review, 48(2), 271-285.
Available through the State Library's eResources: https://www.proquest.com/docview/2467815774?accountid=13902&parentSessionId=Yv4tDdAhd8Levdz5MJyt%2BKkGc5oaIYGwi2P7C4Alu68%3D

====September 2022 reading====

Full Stream Ahead: The Popularity Of Public Library Streaming Media Entertainment Spiked During The Pandemic. What's Next? Enis, Matt. Library Journal; New York Vol. 146, Iss. 6,  (Jun 2021): 76. 
Available through the State Library's eResources: [[http://ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/trade-journals/full-stream-ahead/docview/2536827221/se-2?accountid=13902]]


==== Previous readings 2021 ====

==== 30 June 2021 reading ====

**How to design innovative information services at the library?**
Author: Wójcik, Magdalena11 Institute of Information and Library Science, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Publication info: Library Hi Tech ; Bradford  Vol. 37, Iss. 2,  (2019): 138-154.
Access it at the State Library eResources here [[https://www-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/2238481505/abstract/E2AE263D5D354520PQ/1?accountid=13902]]
Register your public library card at the State Library here [[https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/eresources-register]]

==== 28 July 2021 reading ====

**Serving Your Community During a Crisis: It Doesn't Require Doing More, It Requires Doing Different.**

By Braun, Linda W., et al. "Serving Your Community During a Crisis: It Doesn't Require Doing More, It Requires Doing Different." Public Libraries, vol. 60, no. 1, 2021, p. 42+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A658149016/ITOF?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=91d93104. Accessed 6 July 2021.

Access it at the State Library eResources here:https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A658149016/ITOF?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=91d93104 

If you need to, you can register your public library card at the State Library here: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/eresources-register

==== 25 August 2021 reading ====

**Public Libraries and the Dismantling of Disinformation.** 

By Alvarez, Barbara. "Public Libraries and the Dismantling of Disinformation." Public Libraries, vol. 60, no. 2, 2021, p. 34+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A661737739/ITOF?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=f7bac5e0. Accessed 7 July 2021.  

Access it at the State Library eResources here: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A661737739/ITOF?u=slnsw_public&sid=bookmark-ITOF&xid=f7bac5e0 

If you need to, you can register your public library card at the State Library here: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/eresources-register 

==== 29 September 2021 reading ====

Tell Me Sweet Little Lies: Racism as a Form of Persistent Malinformation by BY NICOLE A. COOKE
AUGUST 11, 2021 
Available online as part of the Project Information Literacy Provocation Series: 
https://projectinfolit.org/pubs/provocation-series/essays/tell-me-sweet-little-lies.html

==== 27 October 2021 reading ====
Lizard People in the Library by Barbara Fister FEBRUARY 3, 2021. Available online as part of the Project Information Literacy Provocation Series:
[[https://projectinfolit.org/pubs/provocation-series/essays/lizard-people-in-the-library.html]]

==== 24 November 2021 reading ====

**Reading in the Age of Distrust** by Alison J. Head APRIL 7, 2021. Available online as part of the Project Information Literacy Provocation Series: [[https://projectinfolit.org/pubs/provocation-series/essays/reading-in-the-age-of-distrust.html]]