The Liminal Librarian

After yesterday’s post, I got a message on Facebook asking: So what do you speak about, anyway? Well, that’s a reasonable question. So, here are a few recent topics:

• Career building in a down economy
• Alternative careers for librarians and info pros
• The cross-generational library workforce
• Writing for publication
• Accidental library management
• Getting unstuck

I also do local classes on saving money with coupons, so if your library is in the Chicago area, drop me a line about that! I’m happy to chat about rates, other topics, and your group’s needs, so email me at rachel@lisjobs.com, and we’ll talk.

And, if you’re reading this and don’t know who the heck I am (thanks!), here’s:

• My bio, and
• My resume, listing all the workshops/presentations I’ve ever done, ever .

I was watching What not to Wear last night, and the person they were making over turned out to be the personal assistant to one Dr. Lois Frankel, “a noted author and speaker.” So, I looked up Dr. Frankel online and found her current speaking fee schedule, which makes something of an interesting counterpoint to the most recent discussion on speaker compensation (or lack thereof) in libraryland and how we encourage people to participate.

Now, if only I could just get a couple of you to pony up Frankel-ish fees to bring me to your event. Anyone? Anyone?

This June, I’m heading to Florida to give a couple of back-to-back workshops on writing for publication to a couple of groups of library folks. As I’m putting these together and thinking about what content to include, I thought I might ask for others’ opinions. What topics would be most useful to you as an attendee at this sort of workshop?