{"id":2896,"date":"2021-01-12T23:49:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T22:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2021-01-12T23:49:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T22:49:49","slug":"10-minute-international-librarian-34-reaffirm-your-library-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/2021\/01\/12\/10-minute-international-librarian-34-reaffirm-your-library-values\/","title":{"rendered":"10-Minute International Librarian #34: Reaffirm your library values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having a longer term strategy can be a great way of keeping yourself focused in busy times.<\/p>\n<p>It can act as a reference point, and help you choose priorities.<\/p>\n<p>But in times of uncertainty, long-term planning can seem ambitious.<\/p>\n<p>Even setting goals for the following week can be tough when you don\u2019t know if you will be able to open or not.<\/p>\n<p>This is where values come in, helping you to stay inspired, and work out what\u2019s the best thing to do in any situation.<\/p>\n<p>So for our 34<sup>th<\/sup> 10-Minute International Librarian exercise, reaffirm your library values.<\/p>\n<p>For IFLA, it\u2019s a focus on the importance of access to information in supporting personal and societal development, and on how excellent library services can make this happen.<\/p>\n<p>As identified in the IFLA Global Vision, our field as a whole has this same focus on providing universal and equitable access.<\/p>\n<p>Share your values in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This idea relates to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifla.org\/strategy\">IFLA Strategy<\/a>!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Key Initiative 1.4: Shape public opinion and debate around open access and library values, including intellectual freedom and human rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can view all of our ideas using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/tag\/10minuteinternationallibrarian\/\">#10MinuteInternationalLibrarian<\/a>\u00a0tag on this blog, and of course on IFLA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ifla.org\/\">Ideas Store<\/a>! Do also share your ideas in the comments box.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a longer term strategy can be a great way of keeping yourself focused in busy times. It can act as a reference point, and help you choose priorities. But in times of uncertainty, long-term planning can seem ambitious. Even setting goals for the following week can be tough when you don\u2019t know if you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":810,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26868,18164,26607,33354],"class_list":["post-2896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-10minuteinternationallibrarian","tag-access-to-information","tag-equity","tag-values"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2897,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions\/2897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}