Is Tuesday too early to start planning your Friday happy hour? We don’t think so, especially since tickets to our After Hours events tend to sell out. You are cordially invited to join us at the Ca…
It’s a new version of library outreach, a la happy hour.
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Ginger Williams, “You don’t have to Do All the Things to be an awesome librarian” | Letters to a Young Librarian (via thepinakes)
I regularly attempt to Do All the Things, and yes. So much yes.
So I emailed my resume to a couple of libraries hiring in my area about a week ago. I fit the minimum qualifications, I think my resume is decent, etc, etc. I haven’t heard back from anyone yet, should I follow up? How do you follow up? Is it rude? Because if I were an employer I’d be like “well…
Have you sent off your resume to anyone for a review? I’d recommend doing that, and then contacting the libraries in order to provide an updated resume. That way, your follow-up is meaningful and the HR person or hiring librarian will be looking at your resume.
What positions are you applying for? Page or circ? Or something else?
Yesterday, author Maureen Johnson had a great idea. She tweeted “I do wish I had a dime for every email I get that says, “Please put a non-girly cover on your book so I can read it…”
These images are so interesting and illuminating about how we gender books. It makes me realize my own bias (I would never, ever pick up Freedom if it had the girly cover).
Going through some old school papers, I found some pretty great career aspirations of mine. Some careers I had in mind? Interior designer, florist, marine biologist (only if I could work at the Shedd Aquarium though), famous singer, gymnast (for a hot second), French teacher, magician. The florist…
Mine changed yearly up through high school, but it was generally things that girls weren’t big in (cowgirl, firegirl, etc). I was an innovative little kid.
In high school, I wanted to be an architect, which was super George Costanza of me. The sad thing was that, even with all the CAD classes, I only had like one building design that I ever wanted to draw. I was doomed to fail.
Then I wanted to be a botanist. That also didn’t pan out.
Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi, a $35 fully-functional desktop computer about the size of a credit card, is currently enjoying a high level of buzz, popularity, and media exposure. Librarians are, of co…
Woah, it’s already time for a Friday post, and I’ve been caught unawares. This week being my last full week at Nazarbayev University, I’ve been majorly busy in prepping things for the awesome librarian taking over in the Digital Centre, doing interviews for a new position (good things are happening on that front), and packing (er, so far just moving all of my work computer gif collection stuff over to my laptop).
We also had visits this week from two University of Wisconsin librarians, one of whom was a great help in working out some major issues in the Digital Centre. But! It’s also meant that I haven’t had any time to scan things. Or ready my Friday post.
So! Instead of the usual animal gif, here are some funny pictures (a la Hyperbole and a Half) that I drew on the Digital Centre whiteboard over the past few weeks. (Only one person here got the reference.)
I’m doing a bit of research for a presentation on branding on a budget in innovative ways, and I’ve seen some of you mention some really great promotional/branding ideas. Anything that you’re really proud of that you’d like others in the library community to know about? I’d…
Great suggestions for marketing! While most of the ideas are more public or special libraries, they’re really moldable to fit academic as well. I love the idea of librarians getting out of the library - so important!
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Found through IFLA New Professionals Special Interests Group’s Facebook page here.
— Albert Einstein
Gonna miss this guy while I’m gone.
Take another picture of me and I will pee on everything you love.
Winston in the morning light
{Old School.}
my dog tried so hard to get out the door and go to chemo with my parents this morning. now she keeps looking at me sadly.
My students come in at lunch time to read, play educational games, and watch documentaries about endangered animals.
Okay, I’m a bit slow on getting these uploaded, but I’ve got time and photos, so I’ll share now. For the past little bit, my fellow tumblarians have...
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