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The Georgia Library Association Carterette Series Webinars presents
The “Butterfly Effect” – Cascading Compassion Satisfaction in Library Land
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
2pm Eastern (11am Pacific | 12pm Mountain | 1pm Central)
Cost: Free
Description: This webinar will conceptually explore compassion satisfaction with a focus on helping (i.e., demonstrating
empathy) given the multifaceted ways service is provided through professional roles and occupational duties within the library. As facilitators operating in a seemingly safe service entity, library practitioners overwhelmingly experience a multitude of adventuresome
realities throughout their working lives. Generally, these tend to go unnoticed. In fact, these experiences can be associated with the latent manifestations of helping others. Oftentimes, the workplace/space and one’s quality of life can be called into question.
Correlatively, it is worthwhile to consider the significance of this concept in this sphere of enterprise. Perhaps, the question worth asking is: Could compassion satisfaction be a saving grace to library practitioners? Herein lies the opportunity to address:
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Helping
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Professional stress
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Representation burnout
In a nutshell this webinar, is above all else, about the impact of the ripple/cascading effects that occurs in the act of helping others as library practitioners enact their roles as service providers
to meet the sundry needs of library users. It will:
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Explore the concept of compassion satisfaction as sense-making for library practitioners
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Show the dual nature of compassion satisfaction impacting the helping exchange transaction in library work
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Examine the interplay of occupational dynamics: empathetic helping, professional stress, and representation burnout
About the Presenter:
Kay Coates (she/her) is an Assistant Professor and Research Services Librarian at Georgia Southern University on the Statesboro Campus who serves as a liaison to the College of Education. As a professional
user-researcher and information knowledge architect, her work supports all levels of higher education within the academic community by providing instruction, reference, and research services. Additionally, in service to the local jurisdiction, her energies
are vested in employing design thinking to foster information literacy and acumen for life-long learning and informed civic engagement through a culturally responsive lens.
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To register for the online event
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Go to the registration page:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_djueilYLTKa2EtE0Pueu4w
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Complete and submit the form.
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A URL for the event will be emailed to you immediately after registration from Zoom.
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The session will be recorded and available on the Carterette
Series Webinars site approximately 1 week after the live program.
Contact a member of the Carterette Series planning team with questions or suggestions:
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Georgia Library Association
Carterette Series Webinars Planning Team
Ashley Dupuy
Michelle Lee
Emily J. Williams