Official Posting Notice for Youth Service Manager Job
Madame Director informs me that the formal job posting is up and I’ve seen it on a number of job boards. To the resumes!! Seriously, if you are interested at all, I do recommend applying. There is a...
View ArticleThought Challenge Response
As yet, I have had the good fortune not to have a book challenged specifically to me. Occasionally, if asked, I’ve discussed more controversial books with parents (why was there so much fuss about the...
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About the Canada story….
There’s a story going around about how a knitting group has been ousted from a library. Several people have passed this on to me as I happen to not only have a little yarn issue but I have a pretty...
View ArticleWeeding with a Vengeance: The Last of the Music CDs
(The first part of the saga.) Ahh the tracking of the elusive music cd. It’s a slow hunt. A REALLY slow hunt. My latest printout was about 40-50 sheets long. Truth be told, I didn’t count. I just found...
View ArticleHave to Keep Hopping….
There’s an interesting sorta-meme going around called “Day in the Life of a Librarian.” While I will refrain from a full minute by minute, I thought I’d share an account of yesterday, so you have an...
View ArticleLibrarian: One Part Personal Shopper
A part of being a librarian that I really enjoy is collection development: a.k.a. shopping. Getting to go through reviews and select books, music, audiobooks and finding the occasional DVD that I hop...
View ArticleKnitting is Part of My Job Description, Right?
I just keep finding new ways to sneak knitting into my day and job description. I’ve added Mom-Knit-Mornings, a child friendly parents knitting group to encourage some of the pre-school moms who have...
View ArticleCelebrating Me :)
A little shameless celebration of me. I was interviewed during the Knitting in Public day in March for an article in our regional knitting magazine. The article is now available on page 27. Yippee!
View ArticleAddressing the Librarian Age Gap
Andy has a provocative post looking at the numbers in libraries and where ages of the profession are trending. He asks the question of what we think is causing the age gap. I think it’s somewhat...
View ArticleDear Vendor….
Dear Vendor, I received your postcard in the mail today, along with all the other vendor stuff that’s coming to me in the week prior to the ALA Annual Conference. I found myself really annoyed by your...
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