It’s official! I’ve accepted a new job at Arlington Heights Memorial Library. I’ll be their new Information Services Manager starting the first week of July. To be honest, it’s going to be very tough leaving Skokie because the past three years have been very good to me professionally. I’ve had a chance to work with [...]
Categories: AHML,Libraries,Life,Professional Development,Updates
When librarians talk about the future of reference, much of the conversation seems to find its way to this idea of moving beyond the traditional reference desk and embedding (the embedded librarian!) ourselves where people are already spending time. Obviously, this can happen in both physical and online spaces. One of my favorite examples of [...]
Categories: Libraries,Reference,Social Networking
Tagged: facebook
It’s been 7 months since the Digital Media Lab (DML) opened and we’re continuing to see it being used for tons of interesting projects by a wide variety of people. Yesterday, I staffed the DML for 3 hours and just in that time alone I met the following people: a recently retired man interested in [...]
Categories: Digital Media Lab,Libraries,Technology
For the past three years, mpow has sponsored a photography contest for teens. We had 42 entries the first year, 32 last year, and a whopping 67 entries this year! I was amazed at the talent on display by our local teens. It was incredibly difficult to choose the top three winners and honorable mentions. [...]
Tagged: photography contest
Started Friday with a great session on being a good boss. Here are my notes: Be a Good Boss Cathy Hakala-Ausperk from Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library Kimberly Bolan Cullin from Kimberly Bolan & Associates Presentation slides you’ll never be a truly great library director unless you know how to fix a toilet educate yourself [...]
Categories: Conferences,Libraries,Professional Development
Tagged: management, supervision
