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Escape The Silo: Why and How to Escape Your Professional Silo - ILA/ACRL keynote
This document discusses escaping from professional silos in libraries. It defines silos as separate professional universes that limit perspectives. It argues that silos are problematic and can be dangerous, forming unconsciously through homogenous networks and confirmation bias. The document provides tips for escaping silos, including seeking out diverse contacts and ideas, learning continuously, and contributing more than criticizing. The overall message is that librarians should break out of isolated mindsets by interacting with others outside their normal circles in order to stay informed and bring new perspectives to their work.
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- 1. Escape The Silo: Whyand How to Escape Your Professional Silo Keynote ILA/ACRL Bobbi Newman
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- 7. It is hardlypossible to overrate the value, in the present low state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with persons dissimilar to themselves, and with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are familiar. -John Stewart Mill
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