This isn't quite the fluid Bear recommends, but I was in polite company at the CILIP conference !
I'm interpreting this as the need to stay nourished !
I was going to be flippant and say this relates to the recent finding, from MORI-IPSOS, that the number one change wanted by library users had nothing to do with information and everything to do with provision of coffee shops ?!
More seriously, this could be a long tough fight for survival.
We are surrounded by headlines, commentators, finance directors and prime ministers telling us that libraries are on their last legs.
There are plenty of others out there who aren’t saying that. They are in blogs and at conferences and in the media and they are your professional nourishment.
It doesn’t require you to belong to a professional body to access this kind of resource.
Professionalism is a state of mind - and the state of your mind !
Your fellow professionals can help you find words when you need them; positivity when you get low and inspiration for those times when you are ready to do battle.
And they do so for free !
Make sure you know who they are. Better yet, become an activist or a commentator yourself !
There’s no better check on your professional competence than exposing it to others ! Feedback is a gift !
(taking deep breath and wondering what the world will make of this new blog !)
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