Prolegomena to Any Future Organizational Frustration, by Brian Rogers

[Editor�s note: �prolegomena� means prefatory remarks.] Upon beginning my first full-time professional librarian gig, I was neither young...

Captaining the Ship

A while back, a library science graduate student said something like, "did I tell you I've decided I don't want to be a library...

You Are Going To Be Okay: Things You Need To Know For Your New Job

A while back, I wrote a post of specific advice for a first time instruction librarian , but this week I want to expand that advice to be mo...

You Do You: On Escaping the Fear of Missing Out, by Virginia Alexander Cononie

The topic of FoMO or DOING ALL THE THINGS has been covered on this blog not just once , but twice by the talented Ginger Williams. Even so...

The Do's and Don't's Of Asking For References

source A local business called me recently. They called to ask about someone who used to work in this library. "[name] listed you as a ...

Letter to a Young Alt-Ac Librarian: Yes, We�re Out There!, by Laura Braunstein

source Note: While I had been working on a guest post to send Jessica for some time, I was inspired to respond to a recent post from Abigai...

The Long and Winding Road to Librarianship, by Natalie DeJonghe

source Once upon a time, in a land far away, I was a high school English teacher. At the ripe old age of 22 I was convinced I had my life pl...

You Are Not Your Job: Identity and Impostor Syndrome

I spend a lot of words and space on this blog giving you advice on what to do with yourself professionally. Today I want to talk about somet...

What is Success?

I gave a talk last week to the Delaware ILEAD group (I'll be posting that talk next week - probably) and part of my talk was about how t...

The Seven Phases Related to Building My Job from Scratch, by Emily Thompson

Dom Williams checks out the first iPod Touc h.  � Emily Thompson Phase 1: Elation As many of my cohort will attest, 2011 was a rough year fo...

Preventing Librarian Burnout

source Months back I read an interesting piece on Inside Higher Ed. " Can I Do the Same Thing Over and Over Again? " by John Warne...

Mistakes Happne

source Today is another post where I'm not sure I have advice so much as questions, but it's been on my mind a lot lately so I want ...

Networking Thoughts, Or, I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

source The first time I tried to write this post, it was about my conversion from a big conference naysayer to true believer. You see, I...