COVID-19 forced us to rethink many of the ways we traditionally worked. In many cases, it was a pressure cooker that helped us come up with some very creative new ideas for services and programs. But do we really need a pandemic to prompt us in this direction? Creative thinking is a process for generating new ideas and it’s a skill that can be honed through practice. This workshop will give participants background in creative thinking, a number of activities to practice getting our brains thinking creatively, and some practical tips to continue the process after the workshop ends. Come for a fun, engaging, and relevant workshop!

Will this Workshop be Recorded? Yes, this workshop will be recorded and will be available for viewing on the MLS Vimeo Page.

Intended Audience: This workshop is appropriate for library staff at any level or position.

About the Presenter: Sally Gore, MS, MS LIS, is the manager of Research and Scholarly Communication Services for the Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School. Her department leads all scholarly communication endeavors for the Library, including providing bibliometrics analysis, tracking research impact, ensuring funder-based public access compliance, promoting open science initiatives, and managing eScholarship@UMMS, the University's institutional repository. Sally also serves on the Board of Directors of the Medical Library Association and as the Associate Editor of the Journal of eScience Librarianship.

Sally writes the blog, "A Librarian by Any Other Name" (http://librarianhats.net/) and can be found on Twitter at @mandosally.