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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The ARSL Professional Development Book Club is now the
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<p style="margin:0in;overflow-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A few times a year we invite members and nonmembers to come together to discuss a selection of resources on a specific topic of particular interest
to the needs of library professionals working in small, rural libraries. The Continuing Education Committee will curate a list of suggested reading and listening material in a variety of formats and lengths in an effort to provide right-size resources for
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<p style="margin:0in;overflow-wrap: break-word"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wednesday, April 12, 2023</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;overflow-wrap: break-word"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">**Both sessions will discuss the same materials. Attend the session that fits your schedule!</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
Discussion 1: 3:30 p.m. PT/ 4:30 p.m. MT/5:30 p.m. CT/6:30 p.m. ET<br>
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<p style="margin:0in;overflow-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This month's Professional Resource Discussion Group will focus on
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">identifying and overcoming burnout</span></strong>. Read, listen to, and watch the resources below and come to one of the two sessions for an interactive discussion.
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<p style="margin:0in;overflow-wrap: break-word"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://libraryleadershippodcast.com/110-slow-librarianship-with-meredith-farkas/">Library Leadership Podcast: Slow Librarianship</a><br>
<a href="https://hbr.org/2019/12/burnout-is-about-your-workplace-not-your-people">Burnout is About Your Workplace, Not Your People</a><br>
<a href="https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1009">Rekindling from Burnout Webinar</a><br>
<a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/sites/ala.org.tools/files/content/LTC_SustainingSelf.pdf">Libraries Transforming Communities Sustaining Yourself Worksheet</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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