{"id":451,"date":"2008-05-07T00:23:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-06T15:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/07\/whats-your-signature-statement\/"},"modified":"2008-05-07T00:23:14","modified_gmt":"2008-05-06T15:23:14","slug":"whats-your-signature-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/07\/whats-your-signature-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s your signature statement ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steven Bell asked this question in a post to ACRLog<\/a> on 4 May, What’s your signature statement ?<\/a> Chefs have signature dishes that they prepare better than others. Many educators have a statement of teaching philosophy<\/a> . Steven points out that he’s never heard of an academic librarian having a signature statement and making it public.<\/p>\n

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He’s challenging us to go public and tell people what makes us special, standout in our field of librarianship – and share our signature statements. What do you personally bring to libraries (or aim to bring to libraries) to flavour the service they offer? It’s a given that all librarians will want to offer excellent service that provides the best information possible – but what is your personal special blend and methodology to achieve this?<\/p>\n

Steven offered this:<\/p>\n

I think my passions for keeping up<\/a>, blended librarianship<\/a> and design thinking<\/a> certainly contribute to my signature statement. So here\u2019s what I came up with:<\/p>\n

Ideas and innovation inspired by a desire to learn in the service of my community<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve actually had a personal mission statement for a while, having created one as part of professional training last year. I find it a great guide to see whether I’m on the right track. It’s not something that I really thought about sharing.<\/p>\n

It has also been a bit of a case of “be careful what you wish for”. As a result of sitting down and trying to articulate just what I was about, I realised that the client group I want to serve is actually other librarians – to help them learn what they need to know to serve our clients better. Coincidentally ( ??) once I articulated it to myself, I started getting invitations to speak and run workshops for librarians. Having the statement has been useful for me to work out whether to accept gigs outside of work – so far I’ve refused invitations to speak at events run by corporations whose main business is to make a profit from their events.<\/p>\n

So, here’s my signature statement, which is a bit of shopping list with quite a bit crammed into it:<\/p>\n

To identify, communicate, publicize and provide training in the ideas, skills and tools our libraries need to ethically and peacefully enrich their communities.<\/em> <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’d love to hear yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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