Text by: Jo
Translation by: Bruce
March 15th was a special day for Hong Kong Libraries Connect: the launch of our pilot mentoring program! We gathered at SCAD Hong Kong to learn about the details of the program and to meet our mentors or mentees for the first time.
三月十二日，對圖書館同行來說是一個特別的日子，因為我們的首個「師友計劃」在這天正式開始。當日，我們在薩凡納藝術設計大學討論有關計劃的細節，同日亦是我們與參加者的首次會面。
The night started with a simple and fun ice breaker activity. We moved into small groups and were given the task of finding five to ten things all the group members have in common. Things like "we are all human" or "we all have legs" didn't count! Here are some of the things the groups came up with:
- We have all been to Japan
- We have all been to Taipei
- We all like the sound of the ocean
- We watch a lot of YouTube videos
- We are Apple users
- We all regularly stay up until 1am
- We all love hiking
- We can all swim
- None of us have kids
- None of us live on HK Island
當晚，我們以一個簡易的破冰遊戲作始。參加者分為幾個小組，每組要找出五個與組員之間的共通點。當然，這並不包括「我們都是人類」或「我們都有一雙腿」等。以下是各組找出的一些共通點：
● 我們都去過日本
● 我們都去過台北
● 我們都喜歡聽海的聲音
● 我們都看很多YouTube上的短片
● 我們都是蘋果產品的用家
● 我們通常午夜一時才睡覺
● 我們都喜歡遠足
● 我們都會游泳
● 我們都沒有小孩子
● 我們都不是住在香港島
After the ice breaker activity the pairings for the mentoring program were announced, and mentors and mentees had time to get to know each other and talk about what they might do together during the program, which will be three months long. Some of our suggestions are:
- Have lunch or coffee
- Visit a Library together
- Explore/learn a new tool together (Snapchat, perhaps? 😜)
- Share interesting articles
If you have any other suggestions just leave us a comment below!
經過破冰遊戲後，「師友計劃」隨即開始。我們公布了導師和學員的配對組合。他們可以在這個時候互相認識、討論他們在未來三個月想做的事。我們有一些建議如下：
● 一起共進午餐或喝咖啡
● 一起參觀圖書館
● 一起探索、學習新工具（例如Snapchat?)
● 分享有趣的文章
如果你有其他建議，請留言給我們吧！
All mentors and mentees were encouraged to share their experience on the HKLC Blog. Templates will be provided to help participants get started, but they are not compulsory - participants can write in any style they like, and participants can write in either English or Chinese.
我們鼓勵導師和學員在圖書館同行網站分享他們的經歷。我們會提供一個樣板給有興趣的參加者，不過這不是強制性的。參加者可以依照個人喜好撰寫，不論英文或中文。
We were very happy to see such a dedicated group of people happily chatting away about the profession and the future of libraries, and we look forward to more opportunities to get together in future. In the meantime, stay tuned to the blog for updates from the HKLC mentors and mentees!
我們很高興看到每一組參加者都快樂地分享他們的專業及對圖書館的未來發展的看法。另外，敬請大家期待圖書館同行的導師和學員的分享！