16 memes about empathetic librarianship
Perhaps this quote
Perhaps this quote which may best remembered by future generations has empathy at its core:
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I looked back some of the posters I’ve made and found that quite a few of them indicate that the librarian owes his/her effectiveness not to hard skills, but to soft skills…
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![](http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/storage/myjobasateacher.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1543590239628)
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![](http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/storage/officeprison.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1543590321027)
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![](http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/storage/readingfun.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1543590612966)
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![](http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/storage/readinglevel.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1543590653866)
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![](http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/storage/studentspurpose.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1543590718718)
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![](http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/storage/techproblem.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1543590764161)
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What personal memes might you add? How do you use empathy to better fulfill your mission as a librarian?”