Recipes for mindfulness in your library : supporting resilience and community engagement

Book 2019

"This collection of stories -- recipes, if you will -- explore a wide range of approaches in which librarians integrate mindfulness into their teaching, collections, services, programming, spaces, partnerships, and professional development." -- Introduction, page xi.

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Librarians Psychology

Libraries and community United States Case studies

Mindfulness (Psychology)

Mindfulness (Psychology) Study and teaching

Public services (Libraries) Psychological aspects

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ISBN:

9780838917831

Description:

xii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Part 1. Library as hub. Cultivating a "mindful medicine" ethos / Rebecca Snyder and Robin O'Hanlon ; Accidentally sustainable: building a weekly meditation community / Laura Horwood-Benton ; The Be Project: sparking a quiet revolution in rural Kentucky / Katie Scherrer ; Providing a space to rest: weaving restorative yoga into the strategic plan / Millie Jackson
Part 2. Innovative services. Mindful McQuade: mindfulness in the heart of a small college campus / Catherine Wong, Katherine LaFlamme, and Michaela Keating ; Mindfulness experiences: the library brain booth / Katia G. Karadjova ; Craving quiet: a library's Zen zone / Kellie Sparks and Hillary Fox
Part 3. Personal practice. Mindful and reflective writing as strategy: how a work journal can help make you whole / Michelle Reale ; Mindfulness is not a life hack / Elizabeth Galoozis and Caro Pinto ; Outreach for inreach: using digital resources to promote mindfulness / Jenn Carson ; Mindfully managing library teams / Jenny Colvin
Part 4. Teaching/research. Shifting the pace: contemplative practices and the research process / Lisa Meléndez ; A persistent praxis: putting mindfulness scholarship into action at Minneapolis College / Jennifer Sippel ; Going with the flow: finding flexible functionality in teaching and mentoring / Anne Pemberton and Lisa Coats ; Overcoming research anxiety: a mindful approach to literature review searching / Elizabeth Galoozis and Kevin Michael Klipfel

LCCN:

2018046682

Control Number:

2886117

Other Authors:

Charney, Madeleine, editor
Colvin, Jenny, editor
Moniz, Richard, editor

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