Archive for October 9th, 2003

Why Librarianship Is a Dream Job

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

(Did I really hear laughter out there?) Some people at the blog group asked me why librarianship is a dream job. I’m pondering it now and will have more of an answer later.
1) Flexibility
2) Knowledge
3) Playing with Information
4) In a knowledge economy, the people who have the information have power. (One day [...]

Archived Webcasts for BloggerCon

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

Archived Webcasts of many of the sessions at BloggerCon are available on the BloggerCon blog.

Advice Column for Librarians

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

Did you know there’s an advice column for librarians? Anyone know of any others besides this one in the Special Libraries Association Boston Chapter Bulletin?
“Marian the Librarian”…how cliche…
Who does the advice columnist turn to for adivce?

More Proof that Librarians Are Sexy

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

At least to one guy, anyway…
A great way to meet librarians is to go to library school. You’d be just about the only guy in most of your classes. Imagine being among 200 gorgeous women studying to be librarians…it’s almost too much, isn’t it?
Librarianship isn’t all about books, either.
And since the post is [...]

Oh Happy Day! My Action Figure’s Here!

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

A box of Simplot Classic Petite Asparagus Spears arrived just a few minutes ago containing my librarian action figure. Maybe the best thing about the toy is model Nancy Pearl’s quote on the box: “The role of a librarian is to make sense of the world of information. If that’s not a qualification [...]


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