• Books

    Library Day in the Life Project Round 6

    The 6th round of the Library Day in the Life Project is hosted by Bobbi at Librarian by Day and will begin on Monday, 24 January.  I look forward to sharing my experiences with you all and reading about the lives of my fellow librarians.  My hope is that by participating in this project that you all will see how vital library services are to your communities and that you will step forward and allow your voices to be heard when government officials consider slashing services. Flickr ~ pictures from participants in the Library Day in the Life Project Wiki ~ a list of all of the Library Day in…

  • About Me

    Day 25: My Day in Great Detail

    Be prepared to be incredibly bored…. 06:15  Wake up 06:30  Drive the kids to the bus stop 06:35~07:00  Watch a variety of news programs; I start with Fox News, flip to CNN then land on The Daily Buzz (Fox bothers me because of the political and familial nepotism, CNN rocks it out with their music snippets but I get bored with the small talk) 07:00~08:00  Watch The Early Show; during an Estee Lauder commercial I’m reminded again of the wonder and whimsy that is Regina Specktor’s voice. 08:00~08:30  Watch All in the Family ~ that show is classic, the humor dead on and the topics still applicable today. 08:30~10:30  Go…

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    How I Became a Librarian

    The other day I read a post on Bobbi’s blog, Librarian By Day, about a potential MLIS student who was looking for advice on whether or not she should go to library school and it got me to thinking about why I became a librarian and whether or not I’d recommend this as a career choice for, say, one of my kids. I didn’t grow up wanting to be a librarian but I knew whatever I did, it would have something to do with helping people.  (I actually wanted to be a journalist.  Or a spy.  Either way, I thought I’d be covering coups in third world countries or something.…