Are There Any Questions? My First Month as a Full-Time Librarian, by Lauren Connolly

Hello! I�m new. New to this library, new to this state, and new to the world of full-time employment. I moved away from my native state of D...

Are Your Colleagues Dumb? Read This, by Kimberly Sweetman

When I think back over my career of almost 20 years, I can think of one or two defining moments. One in particular happened when I was about...

On the Job, But Not the Org Chart: Leading from a Position New to Your Library, by Rana Hutchinson Salzmann

source As of this writing, I�m approaching the end of my first decade in librarianship. Yikes! How did that happen? I�d earned an MA in Engl...

Embracing Librarianship, Warts and All: My ENY/ACRL Keynote

Note: This is as close as I can come to recreating the keynote I gave at the annual conference of the Eastern New York chapter of the Associ...

All In: Getting the Most Out of the ACRL Immersion Program, by Carolyn Ciesla

When I was in college, one of the seven (shush) majors I had over those four years was education. I wanted to teach� maybe theatre, probably...

Living the Double Life of a Dual-Library Librarian, by Brianna Hoffman

Working two jobs to make ends meet (or student loan payments) is not unheard of in the librarian profession. I have seen a lot of librarians...