On Wed, 9 Oct 2013, Chad Roseburg wrote:
> Fair enough --- it does get a bit off-topic and troll-esque in here now
> and then. I think that "voting by participation" -- by interjecting what
> we'd I'm interested in what real librarians are using and creating to
> accomplish some of the goals discussed in this very thread ... [e.g]
> training and interacting with patrons maybe?
Hi Chad:
Since we deal with information, administrators, vendors, governments
(e.g. politicians), the public, media distortion, and one another (etc.),
the best training around is "mediation training." You can get from it a
very clear understanding of the nature of disputes, disagreements,
miscommunication and effective communication practices. Another useful
skill to develop/teach is "active listening." And my favorite practice is
learning/teaching about the known logical and cognitive fallacies
(starting with articles in Wikipedia and examples from the media).
Cheers!
jgm
John G. Marr
Cataloger
CDS, UL
Univ. of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
jmarr_at_unm.edu
californiastop_at_hushmail.com
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Received on Wed Oct 09 2013 - 16:33:56 EDT