Life Doesn’t Wait While You’re Planning

I’ve talked about the importance of planning, including vision, before.

Market your Library

So, your library has lots of great things, offers lots of great services, but nobody knows about them. The answer, my friends, is marketing.

How’d You Do?

How did you do on this list of 21 Books from the Last 5 Years That Every Woman Should Read?

I’ll Have My People Call Your People

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I don’t have “people.” Heck, I don’t even have an office, a real job, or a department. But if I did, I’m pretty sure I’d find this article on building workplace relationships helpful.

Library Photo of the Month–August 2015

It’s Hot

It’s July, it’s summer, and it’s hot here in the Midwest. Some say “warm,” but I say hot.

Disability Discrimination

In libraries, as in other workplaces, there are many employment laws and rules we must abide by.Embed from Getty Images

Yes! I Mean. . . No!

So, librarianship is made up of lots of women. Don’t get me wrong; there are lots of men too. But the field is predominantly female. Nothing wrong with that. But here’s one thing that’s true of lots of women. We have trouble saying “No.”

Movies From Books

I’ve been a bit busy again with a variety of things, so today’s post is a borrowed one from Dueling Librarians:

5 Movies That Are Better Than The Books

Generally, librarian types are “purists” who prefer the book to the movie. What do you think of these?

A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed

Many public and academic libraries (and I think even some school libraries)  have something called Friends groups.