Category Archives: Mentoring

Do books have the power to heal? | Macleans.ca

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Most of Ella Berthoud’s patients are young professionals: cosmopolitan careerists in their 30s or 40s. Some are burdened with anxiety. Some feel adrift in their mid-lives. Many are approaching rites of passage: a first child, retirement, a gap year in India, the death of a spouse. But others have more singular afflictions. One patient was hooked on chick lit, and “terrified of reading anything more demanding.” A young couple was eager to rekindle a fizzling romance. Berthoud—a London-based “bibliotherapist”—has heard it all. In each case, the prescription is the same: Read a book.

via Do books have the power to heal? | Macleans.ca.

The post also includes a transcript of today’s (September 10, 2013) live chat with Ella Berthoud.

5 TED Talks for Job Search Inspiration | Mashable

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Let’s face it: Job hunting is kinda boring at best, grueling and soul crushing at worst. Sometimes you need a little lift when you’re perpetually applying to job positions. We’ve chosen our five favorites below — each under 20 minutes — to help keep you motivated you during your job search.

via 5 TED Talks for Job Search Inspiration | Mashable.

Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend | TED.com

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Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.

via Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend | TED.com.

Degree or disagree: Your field of study matters [Infographic] | Macleans.ca

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Degree or disagree: Your field of study matters – Blog Central, Show and Tell | Macleans.ca

Story of Your Worthless Degree

How You Too Can Transition from a Librarian to a Doctoral Student | Hack Library School

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Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Abigail Phillips.

So, how do you, dear reader, know if you really want to get a PhD? If you are working as a public librarian or school media specialist, how do you know if academia is a good fit for you? What follows are some suggestions, tips, and advice from an ex-librarian turned academic for those thinking about entering a PhD program. Although my focus in this post is on potential doctoral students in Information Studies, this advice can be applied to any doctoral program.

via How You Too Can Transition from a Librarian to a Doctoral Student | Hack Library School.

So, You Want to be a Law Librarian? | Letters to a Young Librarian

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So, You Want to be a Law Librarian?, by Janelle Beitz and Mari Cheney | Letters to a Young Librarian

An interview with two academic law librarians.

Infographic: What Does Your Handwriting Say About You? | Co.Design

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What does your handwriting say about you?

Infographic: What Does Your Handwriting Say About You? | Co.Design: business + innovation + design.

Recent HBR Articles Supporting Women as Leaders

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Here’s a tip. You have to register at HBR to see the full articles without the registration wall. BUT if you subscribe to the HBR RSS feed  (feeds.harvardbusiness.org/harvardbusiness/) via Feedly or another RSS reader, you will be able to see the full article without the registration requirement, as the full article text will show up in your feed page.

LinkedIn Growing Up: Opens Up To High School Students Over 13, Launches Dedicated Pages For Universities Worldwide | TechCrunch

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[T]oday LinkedIn made a bold move to start reaching out itself to this very lucrative, if fickle, audience: is beginning to promote itself to high school students (“13+ for most countries around the world” a spokesperson explains to me) and it has launched University Pages, dedicated pages for universities for people to add to their profiles and to reach out to people. LinkedIn hopes that both moves will not only expand the reach of how people use its site as their default anchor for resume-style information online. And also how it, too, could potentially tap into this user base to begin long-term relationships.

Both of these are getting rolled out globally, with the younger users starting to get accepted beginning September 12.

See the full story: LinkedIn Growing Up: Opens Up To High School Students Over 13, Launches Dedicated Pages For Universities Worldwide | TechCrunch.

The Mistake Smart People Make: Being In Motion Vs. Taking Action | LifeHacker

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There is a common mistake that often happens to smart people—in many cases, without you ever realizing it. The mistake has to do with the difference between being in motion and taking action. They sound similar, but they’re not the same.

via The Mistake Smart People Make: Being In Motion Vs. Taking Action | LifeHacker.