Librarian by Day » work http://librarianbyday.net by Bobbi Newman Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:52:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Top Ten Links Week 16 http://librarianbyday.net/2010/04/27/top-ten-links-week-16/ http://librarianbyday.net/2010/04/27/top-ten-links-week-16/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:05:39 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=3685 My personally selected top 10 from the links I shared on Twitter from 4/16/2010 thru 4/22/2010 1. NYTimes: Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley –  Sexism is still alive in Silicon Valley and pretty much everywhere else including libraries. 2. NYTimes: Web Coupons aKnow Lots About You, and They Tell – love coupons? Me too, but make sure you know what information you’re giving up when you get web coupons. 3. Two magazines, Newsweek and New York Teacher, offer competing views of what it will take to fix our schools via dmlcentral- the article the link goes to looks at two magazine covers but its worth actually reading the articles the covers are about. 4. Tim O’Reilly Explains the Internet of Things via mlx – be sure to read the article too 5. Are we surrendering our privacy too easily? Intriguing online conversation on MemeBurn via @dmlcentral – an absolute must read if you are thinking about privacy even a little. 6. Facebook’s move ain’t about changes in privacy norms - If you are looking for well thought out responses to claims that privacy is dead danah boyd is always dead on. Here is another great post from her about [...]]]>

My personally selected top 10 from the links I shared on Twitter from 4/16/2010 thru 4/22/2010

1. NYTimes: Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley –  Sexism is still alive in Silicon Valley and pretty much everywhere else including libraries.

2. NYTimes: Web Coupons aKnow Lots About You, and They Tell – love coupons? Me too, but make sure you know what information you’re giving up when you get web coupons.

3. Two magazines, Newsweek and New York Teacher, offer competing views of what it will take to fix our schools via dmlcentral- the article the link goes to looks at two magazine covers but its worth actually reading the articles the covers are about.

4. Tim O’Reilly Explains the Internet of Things via mlx – be sure to read the article too

5. Are we surrendering our privacy too easily? Intriguing online conversation on MemeBurn via @dmlcentral – an absolute must read if you are thinking about privacy even a little.

6. Facebook’s move ain’t about changes in privacy norms - If you are looking for well thought out responses to claims that privacy is dead danah boyd is always dead on. Here is another great post from her about this issue comparing it to a face to face situation.

Public-ness has always been a privilege. For a long time, only a few chosen few got to be public figures. Now we’ve changed the equation and anyone can theoretically be public, can theoretically be seen by millions. So it mustn’t be a privilege anymore, eh? Not quite. There are still huge social costs to being public, social costs that geeks in Silicon Valley don’t have to account for. Not everyone gets to show up to work whenever they feel like it wearing whatever they’d like and expect a phatty paycheck. Not everyone has the opportunity to be whoever they want in public and demand that everyone else just cope.

7. Dear Non Library Followers: We’re looking 4 essays importance of libraries 4 savelibraries.org PLEASE WRITE 1 2day send lori at lorireed.com via baldgeekinmd

Savelibraries.org is the collaborative effort of my friends Heather Braum & Lori Reed.  If believe in the value and importance of libraries please, please share your story.

8. Making Your Boss Look Good (Without Becoming a Sycophant) – great suggestions on ways to make your boss look good without looking like a, well you know :-)

9. Study finds young do care about online privacy – Security- msnbc.com – well duh, but studies are always nice back up for those conversations with non believers

10. yes it does! RT @gcaserotti: RT @buffyjhamilton Does the term “digital natives” do kids a disservice? – yes absolutely! It does a disservice to those children without access to technology, it does a disservice to those who have it but don’t understand how to use everything or the ramifications of some of the aspects.  They may be more comfortable with technology than some adults but they are still children.

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]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2010/04/27/top-ten-links-week-16/feed/ 1 Employers You Don’t Have a Facebook Problem You Have an Employee Problem http://librarianbyday.net/2010/04/21/employers-you-dont-have-a-facebook-problem-you-have-an-employee-problem/ http://librarianbyday.net/2010/04/21/employers-you-dont-have-a-facebook-problem-you-have-an-employee-problem/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:21:55 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=3635 I hear questions like these a lot at conferences – How do I stop my employees from wasting time on Facebook? or What do I do with an employee who is spending too much time on Facebook? My responds is always the same – You don’t have a Facebook problem you have an employee problem.  What would you do if that employee were spending too much time at the water cooler? Or on the phone with his girlfriend? Or playing solitaire all day? For some reason when people are presented with an old problem in a digital format they focus on the format and not the problem. Ask some important questions – is this employee getting their work done? If the answer is yes, well then you need to decide if you really have a problem or if you just a problem with Facebook.  If they were spending time doing something else like chatting at the water cooler how would you feel? What if they were doing something less visible? Like emailing friends or playing solitaire or watching last nights episode of Lost or reading the news online? If the answer is no he is not getting his work done, then blocking Facebook won’t solve your problem. [...]]]>

I hear questions like these a lot at conferences – How do I stop my employees from wasting time on Facebook? or What do I do with an employee who is spending too much time on Facebook?

My responds is always the same – You don’t have a Facebook problem you have an employee problem.  What would you do if that employee were spending too much time at the water cooler? Or on the phone with his girlfriend? Or playing solitaire all day? For some reason when people are presented with an old problem in a digital format they focus on the format and not the problem.

Ask some important questions – is this employee getting their work done? If the answer is yes, well then you need to decide if you really have a problem or if you just a problem with Facebook.  If they were spending time doing something else like chatting at the water cooler how would you feel? What if they were doing something less visible? Like emailing friends or playing solitaire or watching last nights episode of Lost or reading the news online?

If the answer is no he is not getting his work done, then blocking Facebook won’t solve your problem. This person will find another way to spend their time, walking around, playing solitaire, watching last night’s episode of Lost, reading the news.  You need to address the problem not the symptom. Blacklisting Facebook will only cause more problems.

“Banning Facebook and the like goes against the grain of how people want to interact. Often people are friends with colleagues through these networks and it is how some develop their relationships.” – Peter Bradwell

Measuring productivity in time is an assembly line mentality, working 8 hours produces 200 widgets, lose time and you lose widgets. In today’s knowledge workplace that doesn’t translate, taking breaks make workers more productive.

“Short and unobtrusive breaks, such as a quick surf of the Internet, enables the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total net concentration for a day’s work, and as a result, increased productivity.” - Dr. Brent Coker

It is important for employees to socialize with coworkers to brainstorm and share ideas which leads to improved productivity and performance.  In a knowledge worker environment  an employees peers, his knowledge network, are more likely to be across the country than in the office next door.

Studies that accuse social networks of reducing productivity assume that time spent microblogging is time strictly wasted. But that betrays an ignorance of the creative process. Humans weren’t designed to maintain a constant focus on assigned tasks. We need periodic breaks to relieve our conscious minds of the pressure to perform — pressure that can lock us into a single mode of thinking.  - Brendan I. Koerner

Treating employees like the competent, intelligent adults that you hired (and if you’re not hiring competent intelligent adults you have a much larger problem) goes a long way to improving moral which improves productivity.

During the same time that Facebook grew from 100 million users to 200 million and Twitter went Oprah (March ’08 to March ’09) U.S business sector productivity has increased 2.0 percent. This is a bit off the recent historic rate 2.5% – but I don’t think anyone during this recession is blaming that on Twitter.

Companies that think they may have a productivity problem because of social networks and the like actually have a measurement problem – that is – they don’t know how to objectively measure whether an employee is meeting standards of productivity. In the absence of clear measurement – they resort to punitive actions (blocking these sites, monitoring employee behavior) that can damage morale and trust.

Lastly, most companies don’t recognize that they often expect employees to check email after hours and bring work home when needed. If this is the expectation then blocking employees from accessing these social sites during “work hours” is not a fair bargain - Joshua-Michéle Ross

Let me be perfectly clear I am not advocating that you ignore a productivity problem or a problem employee, but address the problem not the symptom.

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]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2010/04/21/employers-you-dont-have-a-facebook-problem-you-have-an-employee-problem/feed/ 17 There is No Excuse for Bullies at Work (or Anywhere Else) http://librarianbyday.net/2010/03/23/there-is-no-excuse-for-bullies-at-work-or-anywhere-else/ http://librarianbyday.net/2010/03/23/there-is-no-excuse-for-bullies-at-work-or-anywhere-else/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:32:57 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=3274 Times are hard, we are all stressed out, the last thing we need to do is take it out on each other. Don’t worry I am not going to ask you to hold hands and sing kumbaya. I just want you to take a couple of minutes and think about how you treat others, and how others treat you.  Take some time to read this great Code of Conduct for Staff & Supervisors, every library should have one. If you are a manager it is your responsibility to prevent workplace bullying. If you are a recipient of bullying, you are not alone, take action.  If you are a witness to workplace bullying, you can do something about it. I know many people would say right now you should just be happy if you have a job.  But bullying is never ok.  Unfortunately bullies often get away with their behavior because it doesn’t qualify as a hostile work environment. According to Create a Bully-Free Workplace from on Harvard Business Review: A startling 37% of American workers — roughly 54 million people — have been bullied at work according to a 2007 survey by the Workplace Bullying Institute. The consequences of such bullying spreading to the targets’ [...]]]>

Times are hard, we are all stressed out, the last thing we need to do is take it out on each other. Don’t worry I am not going to ask you to hold hands and sing kumbaya. I just want you to take a couple of minutes and think about how you treat others, and how others treat you.  Take some time to read this great Code of Conduct for Staff & Supervisors, every library should have one.

If you are a manager it is your responsibility to prevent workplace bullying. If you are a recipient of bullying, you are not alone, take action.  If you are a witness to workplace bullying, you can do something about it. I know many people would say right now you should just be happy if you have a job.  But bullying is never ok.  Unfortunately bullies often get away with their behavior because it doesn’t qualify as a hostile work environment. According to Create a Bully-Free Workplace from on Harvard Business Review:

A startling 37% of American workers — roughly 54 million people — have been bullied at work according to a 2007 survey by the Workplace Bullying Institute. The consequences of such bullying spreading to the targets’ families, coworkers, and organizations. Costs include reduced creativity, low morale, and increased turnover — all factors that weigh heavily on the bottom line. Among targets of bullying, 40% never told their employers and, of those who did, 62% reported that they were ignored.

Managers take note a bully free work environment affects more than the mood in the office

Workplace bullying directly impacts the bottom line by affecting productivity, wellness (with subsequent rise in employer benefit costs), attrition, attraction and retention. – HBR

The article focuses on bosses that bully and offers some suggestions for managers to help prevent hiring bosses that will be bullies.

  • When hiring managers, set the bar high with regard to interpersonal skills and leadership experience.
  • Help new managers feel comfortable in their high-power roles.
  • Remind managers to focus on core values.
  • Design jobs in such a way as to avoid heaping unrealistic expectations onto individual leaders.
  • Educate yourself and your managers about the psychological consequences of power.

Unfortunately bosses are not the only bullies in the work place. This post, Bullies At Work, offers some suggestions for recipients of workplace bullies

  1. Don’t take it personally.
  2. Get help. Talk to someone about the bullying, even if it’s a friend, family member or co-worker.
  3. Find out your organization’s policy about bullying.
  4. Remember you have choices.

The New York Times offers a quiz to determine if you’ve been bullied at work.

Even if there is no bullying in your workplace take a couple of minutes to think of little things you could do to lessen stress.

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]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2010/03/23/there-is-no-excuse-for-bullies-at-work-or-anywhere-else/feed/ 22 Want Innovation? Get Out of the Way http://librarianbyday.net/2010/02/10/want-innovation-get-out-of-the-way/ http://librarianbyday.net/2010/02/10/want-innovation-get-out-of-the-way/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:40:35 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=2812 We hear a lot about innovation and change these days. Everyone is talking about it, every is doing it, or at least trying to. There’s a problem though, change and innovation require more than lip service. Declaring that you are innovative does not make it so. You know what I’m talking about, someone reads an article, attends a presentation, has a conversation over coffee and comes back to work and says – we’re going to be innovative! Maybe there are even a few committees put together. But then what? Nothing. The committees quit meeting and things go back to the way they were. Maybe one or two people are still trying, but no one is listening. You know why? Because innovation doesn’t happen by committee or decree. Organizations do not innovate. People innovate. Inspired people. Fascinated people. Creative people. Committed people. That’s where innovation begins. On the inside. The organization’s role — just like the individual manager’s role — is to get out of the way. And while this “getting out of the way” will undoubtedly include the effort to formulate supportive systems, processes, and protocols, it is important to remember that systems, processes, and protocols are never the answer. - Mitch [...]]]>

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We hear a lot about innovation and change these days. Everyone is talking about it, every is doing it, or at least trying to. There’s a problem though, change and innovation require more than lip service. Declaring that you are innovative does not make it so.

You know what I’m talking about, someone reads an article, attends a presentation, has a conversation over coffee and comes back to work and says – we’re going to be innovative! Maybe there are even a few committees put together. But then what? Nothing. The committees quit meeting and things go back to the way they were. Maybe one or two people are still trying, but no one is listening.

You know why? Because innovation doesn’t happen by committee or decree.

Organizations do not innovate. People innovate. Inspired people. Fascinated people. Creative people. Committed people. That’s where innovation begins. On the inside.

The organization’s role — just like the individual manager’s role — is to get out of the way. And while this “getting out of the way” will undoubtedly include the effort to formulate supportive systems, processes, and protocols, it is important to remember that systems, processes, and protocols are never the answer. - Mitch Ditkoff

So how do you create a culture of innovation? You start with the people who think differently than you do.

Diversity is one of those sticky terms that people seem to boil down to creating a Benetton ad. Diversity isn’t about some magical collection of five differently colored skin tones. It’s about bringing different perspectives and backgrounds to the table and creating an environment that values what can be gained from different voices who’ve taken different paths. Skin color (or gender performance) is often interpreted as a reasonable substitute for this and, for many reasons, it has been historically. But bringing in a woman whose attitude and approach is just as masculine as the men isn’t going to help your team break outside of its current mindset. They key is to bring people who think differently than you - danah boyd*

Then get out of their way.

Once you’ve hired a good staff, you sit down, you formulate a plan and then you get out of their way. John Limbert

Let them do what you hired them to do.

The really good people want autonomy — you let me do it, and I’ll do it. So I told the people I recruited: “You come in here and you’ve got to keep me informed, but you’re the guy, and you’ll make these decisions. It won’t be me second-guessing you. But everybody’s going to win together. We’re part of a team, but you’re going to run your part.” That’s all they want. They want a chance to do it. - Gordon M. Bethune

You can not force innovation to happen. You can provide the autonomy, the trust to allow people to be innovative.

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*danah boyd’s post is about gender issues and being a woman in todays workforce. It’s worth a read (and mostly likely a blog post) in is own right.Similar Posts:

]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2010/02/10/want-innovation-get-out-of-the-way/feed/ 14 For Those Who Are an Overnight Success and For Those Who Aren’t a Video Series From Chris Brogan http://librarianbyday.net/2009/11/13/for-those-who-are-an-overnight-success-and-for-those-who-arent-a-video-series-from-chris-brogan/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/11/13/for-those-who-are-an-overnight-success-and-for-those-who-arent-a-video-series-from-chris-brogan/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:07:01 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=2376 These videos are from Chris Brogan’s Over Night Success Series. There are 9 videos total covering topics such as Grinding vs Clocking – Time and the Overnight Success, Pity Party, Small Talk is Big, Belief Systems, The Competition, What it Takes, No Excuses & A Call to Arms. These videos are great even if you aren’t an over night success, even if you aren’t a success. These 3 are my favorite (although it was hard to pick) Take time off – I’ve said it before you need your down time but I’m always happy to point out when others say the same thing.  :-) Don’t believe the hype – I included this one because Chris says – by over night success I mean 10 years of hard work. Here’s another bag of money – on excuses. We all make excuses that become between us and our goals. Decide what your priorities are. Stop making excuses. Similar Posts: Vooks = Books + Online Video = Tranliteracy One more way to use Flickr – videos! I work with some amazing people!]]>

These videos are from Chris Brogan’s Over Night Success Series. There are 9 videos total covering topics such as Grinding vs Clocking – Time and the Overnight Success, Pity Party, Small Talk is Big, Belief Systems, The Competition, What it Takes, No Excuses & A Call to Arms. These videos are great even if you aren’t an over night success, even if you aren’t a success. :-)

These 3 are my favorite (although it was hard to pick)

Take time off – I’ve said it before you need your down time but I’m always happy to point out when others say the same thing.  :-)

Don’t believe the hype – I included this one because Chris says – by over night success I mean 10 years of hard work.

Here’s another bag of money – on excuses. We all make excuses that become between us and our goals. Decide what your priorities are. Stop making excuses.
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]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2009/11/13/for-those-who-are-an-overnight-success-and-for-those-who-arent-a-video-series-from-chris-brogan/feed/ 0 Want to Innovate? Stop Working So Hard http://librarianbyday.net/2009/10/14/want-to-innovate-stop-working-so-hard/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/10/14/want-to-innovate-stop-working-so-hard/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:01:48 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=2169 Putting in all those extra hours, either from the office or home, isn’t helping you. At least not with creativity, innovation or those ah-ha! moments. Some of our greatest moments of insight happen where we least expect them to. From the Wallstreet Journal: It happened to Archimedes in the bath. To Descartes it took place in bed while watching flies on his ceiling. And to Newton it occurred in an orchard, when he saw an apple fall. From the same article but even more interesting: Left to its own devices, our brain activates several areas associated with complex problem solving, which researchers had previously assumed were dormant during daydreams. Moreover, it appears to be the only time these areas work in unison. Of course it’s not as simple as just lounging about in your robe & fuzzy slippers.  You have to prepare in order to enable those insights to happen. From Fast Company: The researchers found support for the idea that blinding insights favor a prepared mind–that is, you’ve got to really internalize the problem at hand if you’re to find any sort of solution. But to actually bring those insights to life, you’ve got to step back. More Readings A Wandering [...]]]>

Putting in all those extra hours, either from the office or home, isn’t helping you. At least not with creativity, innovation or those ah-ha! moments.

Some of our greatest moments of insight happen where we least expect them to. From the Wallstreet Journal:

It happened to Archimedes in the bath. To Descartes it took place in bed while watching flies on his ceiling. And to Newton it occurred in an orchard, when he saw an apple fall.

From the same article but even more interesting:

Left to its own devices, our brain activates several areas associated with complex problem solving, which researchers had previously assumed were dormant during daydreams. Moreover, it appears to be the only time these areas work in unison.

Of course it’s not as simple as just lounging about in your robe & fuzzy slippers.  You have to prepare in order to enable those insights to happen. From Fast Company:

The researchers found support for the idea that blinding insights favor a prepared mind–that is, you’ve got to really internalize the problem at hand if you’re to find any sort of solution. But to actually bring those insights to life, you’ve got to step back.

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]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2009/10/14/want-to-innovate-stop-working-so-hard/feed/ 13 If you don’t love what you’re doing, do something else. http://librarianbyday.net/2009/09/14/if-you-dont-love-what-youre-doing-do-something-else/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/09/14/if-you-dont-love-what-youre-doing-do-something-else/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:27:00 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=1917 Last week an MLS student interviewed me for a project. The last part of my reply to her was this: Find a job you love. No one goes into librarianship for the money. We go into it for love. There a plenty of bitter, disenchanted people out there in all professions. If you don’t love what you’re doing, do something else. I think it bears repeating.Similar Posts: There Are No Magic Beans You Have To Do The Work Is She Crazy to Want to Work in Libraries? Advice for a Potential Librarian. More About Magic Beans]]>
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Last week an MLS student interviewed me for a project. The last part of my reply to her was this:

Find a job you love. No one goes into librarianship for the money. We go into it for love. There a plenty of bitter, disenchanted people out there in all professions. If you don’t love what you’re doing, do something else.

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]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2009/09/14/if-you-dont-love-what-youre-doing-do-something-else/feed/ 8 Your Inbox Is Not a To-do List http://librarianbyday.net/2009/08/03/your-inbox-is-not-a-to-do-list/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/08/03/your-inbox-is-not-a-to-do-list/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:48:21 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=1543 I’ve been talking and thinking about time management a lot lately (the fabulous Brenda Hough and I are doing a prefconference workshop about it at Internet Librarian) so when I saw this from Zen Habits I knew I had to share it Why Your Email Inbox Is NOT a Good To-do List: a very brief summary You can’t change the subject lines There might be multiple actions in each email You can’t re-order the emails (usually) You can’t prioritize your to-dos An email inbox contains distractions Go read the whole thing for explanations and suggestions on tools to use for a to-do lists.Similar Posts: Top Ten Links Week 40 – Broadband, Time Management and Productivity How do you find the time? Time Off for Reflection, Regrouping and Prioritizing]]>

todolistI’ve been talking and thinking about time management a lot lately (the fabulous Brenda Hough and I are doing a prefconference workshop about it at Internet Librarian) so when I saw this from Zen Habits I knew I had to share it

Why Your Email Inbox Is NOT a Good To-do List: a very brief summary

  1. You can’t change the subject lines
  2. There might be multiple actions in each email
  3. You can’t re-order the emails (usually)
  4. You can’t prioritize your to-dos
  5. An email inbox contains distractions

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]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2009/08/03/your-inbox-is-not-a-to-do-list/feed/ 5 Day in the life of a Librarian Day 4 http://librarianbyday.net/2009/07/31/day-in-the-life-of-a-librarian-day-4/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/07/31/day-in-the-life-of-a-librarian-day-4/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:44:22 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=1693 Thursday was a rather unremarkable day for me, so I’ll spare you most of the details Checked email, tried to post notes from Day in the Life, but thanks to Dreamhost my site has been down most of the week. Unhappy does not do justice to my mood about this. Got to work, talked with IT, we’re using the multimedia room for the Handheld Librarian conference later today and I’ve never used it before and wanted to be sure I set everything up correctly. Also gave me a chance to ask the staff member to be a part of Super Friends, I’d be missing her all week. She said yes – excellent now we have one member of IT on board. Room set up and then back to my office. A staff member brought me peaches! Lots to do today but a lot of time will be taken up with Handheld. Spent most of my day in the Multimedia room for the Conference, we had some trouble getting in as I understand a lot of people did. Wrote a post on my blog for library staff Took the boys for a long walk even though it was sprinkling the whole [...]]]>

Thursday was a rather unremarkable day for me, so I’ll spare you most of the details :-)

Checked email, tried to post notes from Day in the Life, but thanks to Dreamhost my site has been down most of the week. Unhappy does not do justice to my mood about this.

Got to work, talked with IT, we’re using the multimedia room for the Handheld Librarian conference later today and I’ve never used it before and wanted to be sure I set everything up correctly. Also gave me a chance to ask the staff member to be a part of Super Friends, I’d be missing her all week. She said yes – excellent now we have one member of IT on board.

Room set up and then back to my office. A staff member brought me peaches! Lots to do today but a lot of time will be taken up with Handheld. Spent most of my day in the Multimedia room for the Conference, we had some trouble getting in as I understand a lot of people did.

Wrote a post on my blog for library staff

Took the boys for a long walk even though it was sprinkling the whole time, we all enjoyed it!

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]]> http://librarianbyday.net/2009/07/31/day-in-the-life-of-a-librarian-day-4/feed/ 0 2nd Annual Library Day in the Life Project http://librarianbyday.net/2009/07/22/2nd-annual-library-day-in-the-life-project/ http://librarianbyday.net/2009/07/22/2nd-annual-library-day-in-the-life-project/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:52:25 +0000 Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net/?p=1609 I actually hadn’t planned to keep doing this but when I announced my new job Emily Lloyd left a comment saying she couldn’t wait to read futre day in the life posts from my new position and that planted the seed.  Emily’s on hiatus right now but hopefully she’ll particpate again. So I’m back from ALA and it seems like the time is right, so next week July 27th 2009 will start the  Second Annual Library Day in the Life Project. What is the Library Day in the Life Project? well it started with this post suggesting that we blog what we do all day at work.  Libraries are changing so rapidly and we all know no ones is reading books, despite what the public may think The idea being that you’re sharing an average day, so many of us don’t have an average day though so a lot of people did a week, me included. I maybe just do a day this time though, we’ll see. So how you particpate? Go to the wiki Create a PB Wiki (pbworks?) account (it’s free)! Add your name, your job title (so we can see what you do at a glance) and [...]]]>

My new officeI actually hadn’t planned to keep doing this but when I announced my new job Emily Lloyd left a comment saying she couldn’t wait to read futre day in the life posts from my new position and that planted the seed.  Emily’s on hiatus right now but hopefully she’ll particpate again.

So I’m back from ALA and it seems like the time is right, so next week July 27th 2009 will start the  Second Annual Library Day in the Life Project.

What is the Library Day in the Life Project? well it started with this post suggesting that we blog what we do all day at work.  Libraries are changing so rapidly and we all know no ones is reading books, despite what the public may think ;-) The idea being that you’re sharing an average day, so many of us don’t have an average day though so a lot of people did a week, me included. I maybe just do a day this time though, we’ll see.

So how you particpate?

  • Go to the wiki
  • Create a PB Wiki (pbworks?) account (it’s free)!
  • Add your name, your job title (so we can see what you do at a glance) and a link to your blog.
  • On the 27th start recording your day or week.  It doesn’t have to be a blog post it can be photos, podcasts or videos
  • Tag your posts, pictures, videos, podcasts with librarydayinthelife.
  • After you’ve finished your first day come go back to the wiki and edit your link to link directly to your tagged blog posts, videos or photos.
  • Of course read along!

That’s it! Its super easy.  You can see some of the past ones below or on the wiki.

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