The C.A.L.L. (Conference About Libraries & Learning) conference, a multi-type conference co-sponsored by the La Crosse School District, UW-La Crosse Murphy Library and La Crosse Public Library has been re-scheduled for Monday April 15. Despite the polar vortex's determination to whirl away this scrappy little conference, organizers were able to re-book all the speakers and find a more spring-like date!
This year's theme and focus:
"Service runs through a librarian’s work day. We know it from day one going in to the field. We expect to be tired at the end of a day, week, program, or semester. Patrons, students, community members or administration turn to us for answers, help, expertise, reassurance, and a friendly smile.
So let’s talk about burnout. What do we do when we have barely anything left to give, when we’re at the end of the rope, when we feel emotionally drawn and the tanks of compassion are running on empty? Is there any space in our work lives to recognize that sometimes we feel unprepared for the realities of managing and regulating the requirements of emotional labor of librarianship? Let’s talk about it."
To register and read more about the conference, please stop here.
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