crafting connections

Crafting connections in corporatelibrary services Kathryn JossCorporate LibrarianCity of Sydney Library

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Creative programsenhance

corporate library services

• Background

• Business Unit context:– Library Mission: Be a place to grow,

learn, create and connect– Council’s Mentally Healthy Workplace

Plan

• Objective: To encourage staff connectedness, to provide opportunities for creative expression & mindfulness and to promote staff awareness of library services.

Planning

• Scheduled monthly lunchtime events • Booked room well in advance• Session management plan• Communication plan

Lunchtime Makers

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• Weekly staff newsletter• Poster in lifts and tea rooms • Calendar invites to regulars• Yammer posts

Promotion within council

Feedback

• Formal evaluation - survey soon• Informal feedback

• I certainly felt the pace slow down as soon as I walked into the room, which makes for a nice break. Please continue to set up these great activities.

• It was a wonderful mental break from work…the mood in the room was really happy and full of great energy…it was also a great networking opportunity. So nice to meet all the lovely faces that we work with over the phone and via emails.

• Lunchtime Makers was awesome, as usual. And just when I really needed it – cards were the perfect antidote to budgets! Thank you, Libraries awesome people!

Evaluation

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• Refex Module 12

• NSW Local Government Librarians Group – RISG Wiki

• lglib@libraries.nsw.gov.au

• kjoss@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Learn more about corporate library services

Thank you