j's scratchpad

I remembered late Friday I needed to complete and return my nomination form for Who’s Who in America by Monday. Even though typing was a bit painful, I managed to cut and paste most of what they wanted from my resume into their online form and submit it yesterday.

It reminded me a bit of blogging: “How much personal information do I want to include about myself in the entry? Should I ask my parents if they want me to claim them as mine in a reference work that will circulate around the globe before listing them in the entry? Do I want to reveal anything that will reveal where I live?”

I omitted a lot of really personal stuff and pretty much included directory information that can be found about me in various sources already.

Under creative works, I listed this weblog.

My application on the whole seemed pretty empty. I’m trying not to have one of those “I have really done nothing with my life” moments. I’ve done a lot that doesn’t fit with their collection guidelines. There’s no “Explain in twenty words or fewer why we should include you in the book,” so I imagine I’m going to get dropped because on their paper, I look like nothing special. I wanted to at least say “I’m one of the few librarians with a really funky, unique job in which I’ve become a specialist in 8 years” or “I run one of the most popular news librarian weblogs” or “I contribute to 30 weblogs on 6 platforms” or “Please let me in so my Mom can be proud of me.”

But at least I won’t get dropped because I am a Z list blogger. I wonder how many of the A listers got nominations …

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