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
