Do You Have Enough Fun in Your Diet?
The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun
Get Focused
1. Stop hiding who you are
2. Start being insanely selfish>
Be Creative
3. Stop following the rules
4. Start scaring yourself
Use Your Wisdom
5. Stop taking it all so damn seriously
6. Start getting rid of the crap
Take Action
7. Stop being busy
8. Start something
An oldie but a goodie found via The Heart of Innovation
Library Finds Group on Flickr
cc image used courtesy of herzogbr on flickr
Anyone who’s worked in a library in any capacity knows patrons leave behind all sorts of things, some strange, some amusing and some that just make you scratch your head and wonder. Brian Herzog of Swiss Army Librarian has created a Flickr group where we can share these little treasures with each other. Similar to Found Magazine
Brian says:
I’m not uploading anything that seemed personally-identifiable: peoples’ first and last names, phone numbers, email addresses, account login and passwords – and there were a frighteningly large number of these.
That’s good advice any contributor should follow. Now go take a picture of that cheesecake pan someone left in the stacks & upload it! 
Have fun!
T is for Training Meme
The fabulous host of T is for Training, Maurice, has ordered challenged the group to answer these 27 questions with one sentence each. Who am I to ignore an order challenge?
1. Your One Sentence Bio
- I’m not that kind of librarian.
2. Do you blog? If yes, how did you come up with your blog name?
- It’s a reference to Barbara Gordon and the all the non-traditional roles librarians fill these days.
3. What is your professional background?
- I’ve worked in libraries since I was 16. Before I got my MLS I worked with engineers, and my first job after graduating was working with engineers, for some of you this may explain a lot.
4. What training do you do? staff? patrons? types of classes?
- staff, patron, other libraries that ask me to, A wide range of subjects – reference in the digital age, social media, web 2.0, gaming, time management, tech tools etc
5. What training do you think is most important to libraries right now
- We need to step up staff training, every staff member should feel comfortable offering basic assistance with any service or technology the library offers.
6. Where do you get your training?
- Anywhere I can! conferences, webinars, colleagues
7. How do you keep up?
- my feed reader, Twitter and Facebook
8. What do you think are the biggest challenges libraries are facing right now?
- shifting our foundations so change is easier and faster
9. What are biggest challenges for trainers?
- short of staff, time, money and in some cases the unwillingness of trainees
10. What exciting things are you doing training wise?
- We have a gadget garage that the FIT (Future Innovation & Technology) Committee is working with to help staff become familiar with new tools, investigate potential new services and circulation to patrons.
11. What do you wish were you doing?
- more training for everyone
12. What would you do with a badger?
- feed it chocolate cake
13. What’s your favorite food?
- Italian
14. If you were stranded on an island, what one thing would you want to have with you?
- another person
15. Do you know what happens when a grasshopper kicks all the seeds out of a pickle?
- uh?
16. Post it notes or the back of your hand?
- used to be back of the hand, but was told it was unprofessional, now I carry a notebook or use my smartphone
17. Windows or Mac?
- windows by default not by thought out choice
18. Talk about one training moment you’d like to forget?
19. What’s your take on handshakes?
- firm is a must
20) Global warming: yes or no
- yes
21. How did you get into this line of work?
- by luck & love
22. Why is the best part of your job?
- making a difference, see “it” click whatever “it” is
23. Why should someone else follow in your shoes?
- I’m going to have to agree with Pete on this one – blaze your own trail
24. Sushi or hamburger?
- depends
25. LSW or ALA?
- both
26. What one person in the world do you want to have lunch with and why?
- Barack Obama I heard him speak when he was campaigning and it was amazing, I’d just like to have a conversation with him
27. What cell phone do you have and why?
- Palm Pre – Sprint gave it to me. I hate it, I’m on my 3rd one. Don’t buy one.
Read responses from the rest of the crew:
- “C is for Challenge” at “T is for Training” - Laura
- Me. Coffee. Morning. - Jill T is for Training Meme – Beth
- Pete Bromberg’s 23 things (minus 3): A getting to know ya post
- A Get to Know Me Meme from TIFT – Stephanie
- 27 Questions - Marianne
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