Random links Sunday
It’s my anniversary today, so I’m using this as an excuse to be lazy and just briefly post a few random links I’ve had sitting open in browser tabs forever:
- If you present in the library field, don’t miss Roy Tennant’s Speaking from a Speaker’s Point of View over at LJ.
- Kim Dority’s latest “Rethinking Information Careers” column argues that Smart and Innovative are Not Enough. Do you agree?
- Over at info-mational, Char Booth is weighing in on emerging leaders with thoughts on ALA’s program, as is Sarah Houghton-Jan in ALA Emerging Leaders Program: non-librarians and non-conference-attendees need not apply. Possibly more on this later as my brain slowly percolates, but I will note that most of the early-career people targeted by emerging leaders are lowest on the totem pole at their institutions when it comes to little things like conference funding.
- Char also links to Lori Reed’s On becoming the change we want to see, which, among many other wonderful points, notes that:
While many library staff do not hold an MLS their contributions are essential to making libraries a success. When I first began working in libraries 9-years-ago I was put off by the terminology used to designate between MLS/non MLS, professional/paraprofessional, librarians/support staff. Coming from the business world I was not accustomed to this segregation. In the business world employees are valued for their unique abilities and contributions to the team. No one ever asked me what my degree was or if I even had one.
Enjoy and click through — these folks more than make up for my brevity here.
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