1. Mindfulness in a time of
cholera
KLA/SLA/Medical
Librarians of Kentucky
Joint Spring Conference.
Stephen Abram, MLS

2. Introducing Me
Stephen Abram, MLS
CEO
Lighthouse Consulting, Inc.

9. How are you doing?
Really?

12. Does Librarianship Have A
Culture?

15. R David Lankes

19. And we have a
Shared Vision

20. Librarian Culture
Good Stuff Not So Good Stuff
Cult of
Victimization
Passive
Aggressiveness
Critical
Thinking can
devolve into
Criticism
Don’t ASK
often enough
Lateral versus
vertical
relationships

22. So now we have a
foundation and it only
took three years

27. We are NOT our technology

29. Teamwork

31. Mindfulness: The BIG Picture
• Find Your Tribe
• Build Back Better: Learning from Pandemics and other Tragedies
• Seeing - actually seeing - our role in Society
• Respecting Ourselves
• Setting Boundaries
• Understanding Ourselves
• Life Balance
• Belonging
• Impact
• Supporting Teamwork

32. BIG Picture

39. DEI

48. Balance

55. ENVY

57. Your Tribe

71. 1. Think about the past day.
2. Identify specific moments
when you felt energized or
excited.
3. Reflect on what strengths
you were using in those
moments.

73. Looking in the mirror

75. Smelly
Yellow
Liquid
Or
Sex
Appeal?

76. What’s in it for them?
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6

77. 7
7
Self-Promotion is Not a Dirty Word.

78. Lighthouse Consulting, Inc.
• Stephen Abram, MLS, FSLA
• 416-669-4855
• stephen.abram@gmail.com
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