There was a time, not too long ago because I really haven't been a librarian for very long, when attending a library conference made me feel awful. I would sit in all these sessions and hear what these amazing librarians were doing for their community and I just felt not good enough. Hearing about the … Continue reading Confidence – I’ve got it?
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Professional happenings
Goodness have things been busy in Anna-land! I saw sick for a few days, recovered, then went to New Hampshire, and of course worked, too. In this time, some fun things have been happening professionally. I got appointed to a YALSA committee: the Research Journal Advisory Board! Cool! This is what we do: "YALSA's Research … Continue reading Professional happenings
Baby-brarian, or learning I’m allowed to not know what to do
Last week was weird. There were some strange things that happened in the teen room. I don't feel totally comfortable writing about them but in short we had some new, rowdier than normal kids in the teen room and some staffing difficulties. The difficulties are that our Teen Aide is moving to a Children's Aide … Continue reading Baby-brarian, or learning I’m allowed to not know what to do
Reading more widely in 2015
Last week I was looking at my friend Jenny's 2014 Reading Wrap-up and not only was I impressed with her graphs, I realized a terrible fact: I think most of the books I read last year were by white people. Like definitely most of them. Probably about half of them were ladies (I did count this … Continue reading Reading more widely in 2015
2014: pretty great!
It's a day past Beethoven's birthday and you know what that means. Ok, I don't know what it means either... I guess it means it's time for my 2014 wrap up post! I looked back at my 2013 wrap-up, and it was a bit of a downer. Sorry. 2013 was not my best year. Though as … Continue reading 2014: pretty great!
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