A lot of the posts in this series so far have focused on thinking of times when you have done something.<\/p>\n
Innovated, included, taught, learned, and more.<\/p>\n
These examples are powerful, as a means of reminding yourself of your progress, and of telling others about how great libraries are!<\/p>\n
Having a series of anecdotes at the ready can mean you\u2019re a lot more ready to face new situations, and explain what you\u2019re doing in terms that people will understand.<\/p>\n
Yet often, in the middle of busy jobs, we can easily forget to take notes in the first place, meaning that we may risk forgetting all the great things you\u2019re doing!<\/p>\n
So for our 92nd<\/sup> 10-Minute International Librarian exercise, document your work.<\/p>\n This doesn\u2019t need to be exhaustive (after all, this is the 10-Minute International Librarian), but rather you could create a file, or even have a note pad, where you write down the most interesting and important things you\u2019ve done or experienced.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t need to be long \u2013 just enough to help you remember.<\/p>\n This can also be a good way of encouraging more reflective practice \u2013 going about your job with an awareness of what may be significant, and where you are (or could be) learning.<\/p>\n Through this, you\u2019ll not only have a source of examples you can give in future, but also even perhaps see new dimensions to your work now.<\/p>\n Let us know your experiences of recording and reflecting on your work in the comments below.<\/p>\n Good luck!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This idea relates to the\u00a0IFLA Strategy<\/a>! <\/strong>Key Initiative 3.4: Provide targeted learning and professional development<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n As we publish more ideas, you will be able to view these using the\u00a0#10MinuteInternationalLibrarian<\/a>\u00a0tag on this blog, and of course on IFLA\u2019s\u00a0Ideas Store<\/a>! Do also share your ideas in the comments box below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A lot of the posts in this series so far have focused on thinking of times when you have done something. Innovated, included, taught, learned, and more. These examples are powerful, as a means of reminding yourself of your progress, and of telling others about how great libraries are<\/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":[26868,6908,9378,36373],"class_list":["post-3402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-10minuteinternationallibrarian","tag-education","tag-learning","tag-reflective-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402","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=3402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3403,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3402\/revisions\/3403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/lpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}