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Steele Lawman made me a cover for my book. (It may be tweaked a bit more.)
LB: #TeamMonique, kaijsa, Mama Lawson and 45 other people liked this
Fabu author photo!!
- Katie
I love this so much. When Steve first showed me I was all THE COUCH!! IT IS THE COUCH!!!
- Marianne
It IS the couch. :) Katie, you can thank PhotoBooth for the author photo.
- laura x
from BuddyFeed
I can't wait to read this! Well done, laura!
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
Professional cover designs are one thing that traditional publishing has over self-publishing. Except when you can get a design that professional (that *is* a compliment) in a self-published book. Congratulations!
- Walt Crawford
LOVE
- jambina
Just fantastic.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Everything looks wonderful!
- Katy S
OMG! Where can I buy it!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
oh wow, wow, wow.
- Marie
Nowhere yet. But several places in the near future.
- laura x
from BuddyFeed
I keep seeing this and loving it again.
- lris
... Imma add this cover to the miscellanea I'm collecting in case I ever get to teach a basic design course.
- RepoRat
I love the couch!
- maʀtha
For those curious about the couch: http://newrambler.net/ramblin...
- laura x
Walt, I am touched by your compliment, after I have been a jerk to you too often. Thank you. That said, Laura supplied the photo of the couch, I chose a classic typeface and sampled colors from the photograph. So I'm happy with how it turned out, but it's more a matter of listening to what the author wanted.
- Steele Lawman
OMG You mean Steele Lawman is actually Steve Lawson! I take it all.... Nah. A good book cover, especially a good uncluttered one, is great and not always easy to do. This one's good in a number of subtle ways. I try to respect those who have talents I lack, and really good cover design is one of those.
- Walt Crawford
Good thing I can read. No one tells me anything! Here I was admiring the cover, never knowing the source of it! Wow.
- Mama Lawson
Heh
- maʀtha
Nowhere open will have rhubarb, so I'm settling for egg cream. Tomorrow I will have rhubarb. I WILL HAVE RHUBARB.
Jason - The Opaque, Lisa | #TeamMonique, Zamms and 2 other people liked this
how will you have your rhubarb?
- holly #ravingfangirl
I really haven't seen any rhubarb here, I wonder why.
- Meg V. Meg
I was thinking a crumble/crisp-type item? With whipped cream.
- Meg V. Meg
suggestion: cardamom and vanilla. OMG.
- holly #ravingfangirl
You are killing me.
- Meg V. Meg
someone mentioned them as the perfect combination with rhubarb, so i had to try. THEY WERE SO RIGHT.
- holly #ravingfangirl
Did you add them to the rhubarb part? Or to the cream? I am wondering how amazing the second option would be.
- Meg V. Meg
i've added them to the rhubarb, but you are so right about the cream.
- holly #ravingfangirl
AND MAIL IT TO ME
- Meg V. Meg
Seriously, I haven't seen it anywhere.
- Meg V. Meg
Now that all the parents know, so can the world: Jed and I are now Mr. & Mrs. Harris-Keith, as of 4/27/13 :)
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Kol Tregaskes, the king of the interweb, Sir Shuping is just sir and 83 other people liked this
Congratulations!
- Spidra Webster
congrats!
- ellbeecee
congratulations, Mr. and Mrs.! :D
- Joe "Bad Guts" Silence
Congrats!
- Jimminy IS Everybody
So frackin cool!
- Shannon - GlassMistress
Ha ha! I knew it! Okay, not really. Congratulations!
- c.a.j.
You sneaky, sneaky peoples! Congratulations xoxoxoxox
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Thanks, all! So very happy :)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Wonderful! Congratulations!
- Anne Bouey
Yay! Congratulations!!!!
- adf
I had a feeling this was gonna happen. Congrats! :D
- Colette
Stay tuned; we'll still be doing a public ceremony/celebration, but it probably wont be until next fall. We were impatient and in lurv ;)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
w00t! :)
- Steven Perez
Gratz!!!
- Lnorigb
Congratulations to you both!!!
- Hedgehog
Congrats!
- John (bird whisperer)
congrats!!
- weelibrarian
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Katy S
OMG This is awesome news!!! I'm so happy for both of you. :))))))
- Running Slow
WONDERFUL!!!
- Surprisingly Monstrous
Congratulations!!!
- Jennifer Dittrich
from FFHound!
OMG!! Congratulations you two!!! <3 <3 <3
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Congratulations!
- Betsy #TeamMonique
from FFHound(roid)!
Congratulations
- Mo Kargas
congrats
- WarLord
Yay congratulations!!!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Whoa! Congratulations!
- Soup in a TARDIS
mondo happiness to you and Jed. May your honeymoon never end.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
from Android
Thank you! I have big happy!
- Jed Harris-Keith
Thank you, Ffeeps! We have been dying to tell you all :)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Congratulations!
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
You both look wonderful. Congratulations
- maʀtha
Thank you!
- Jed Harris-Keith
Congratulations, lovebirds.
- Tamara J.
from FFHound(roid)!
Congrats!!!
- imabonehead
from Android
Congrats! I can't believe I was able to keep quiet for three weeks!
- Mary Carmen
from iPhone
:) I can't believe WE were able to keep quiet for so long!
- Jed Harris-Keith
CONGRATULATIONS!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Hee! Thank you!
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Wow. Congratulations!
- lris
Yay for you both!
- Friar Ticket to Ride
Congratulations!
- Elena
Congrats!
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
Why do I like FF? Because it's another place I can congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Keith. :)
- Bubba was a rollin stone
Congrats, you guys!
- Brent Schaus
Congratulations
- Greg GuitarBuster
Congratulations!
- Maitani
Splendid!
- Pete #TeamMonique
Oh woah!! How did you keep that quiet? So, so happy for you both. Congratulations! :-)
- Heleninstitches
Congratulations!
- Jen
congra;ts !!
- Peter Dawson
Congrats you guys!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
VERY HAPPY FOR YOU....CONGRATULATIONS!! :)
- Harold Cabezas
*runs around flailing* YAY!
- t-ra: not givin up
Congratulations, you two! Well done!
- Anne Graham
*dances with happy*
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Congratulations!!!!!
- the king of the interweb
RT @alliebrosh: New Blog Post: Depression Part Two: I remember being endlessly entertained by the adventures of my toys. Some ... http://t.co/0JkVCPdnNd
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Jed Harris-Keith, Kirsten, Lily and 6 other people liked this
I don't remember her interviewing me for this biography.
- lris
Probably the most relatable description I've read.
- c.a.j.
This.
- Steele Lawman
Yep.
- Sarah G.
Wow. Yes.
- Rebecca Hedreen
So glad. I've missed Allie a lot.
- Lily
It's pretty surreal to see "TEDx Audition" on my appointment list for this afternoon.
Julian, MoTO #TeamMonique, Steven Perez and 31 other people liked this
break a leg! uh, not literally of course.
- RepoRat
Before his recent performance in the fifth-grade version of The Tempest, I told Luke, "break a leg." Before slamming the door he yelled back "I hope you snap your neck!" Really got in the spirit of the superstition there.
- Steele Lawman
Heading over to the audition!
- lris
How did it go?
- Yo. Shark Dog.
I think it went well. It was fun :) I got to totally geek out at someone and have that be what was expected. :)
- lris
SURREAL
- lris
I want to like this all over again. :D :D :D
- Catherine Pellegrino
Student worker's response on hearing what we did: "Oh, that's so CUTE!"
- lris
Lurve this! Hope you get to the next step!
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
I AM DONE FOR THE SEMESTER AND I HAVE THE SUMMER OFF FROM SCHOOL AAAAAAAA HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!! *gets ready for work*
Steven Perez, Heather, Kirsten and 13 other people liked this
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- lris
HUZZAH
- Soup in a TARDIS
I just signed up for a TEDx audition slot. WHO AM I?????
weelibrarian, MoTO #TeamMonique, Bubba was a rollin stone and 31 other people liked this
My coworker Kristin and I are going to try to pitch a session together. Wish us luck.
- lris
good luck! you'll be awesome!
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Oh I so want to see this when you get selected to present!
- Catherine Pellegrino
You are Iris. Nothing else need be said. :)
- RepoRat
This delights me!
- Chelle Chelle Ro Ro
You are our Iris, that is who!
- maʀtha
Good luck! I was the speaker coach for a couple of the TEDxYorkU talks this year and we used this video as a tool to help speakers: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- John Dupuis
(The two people I coached were the dean of the law school: https://www.youtube.com/watch... and a space engineering student: https://www.youtube.com/watch... Both of them seriously rocked, especially the engineering student, all thanks to their own hard work and dedication.)
- John Dupuis
Thanks John. :-)
- lris
Snoop Doggy Doooogg...seriously, though, that's great!
- Yvonne
I'm pretending that spring is here, dammit.
Iván Abrego, Son of Groucho, Mary Carmen and 31 other people liked this
Looks good :)
- Pete #TeamMonique
Read that as Goodwill Hunting. Ya look great.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Nice!
- lris
My my my. SOMEBODY has been practicing their Mack. Very pretty.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
I think you look very nice!!
- Laura H.
Well played, laura.
- Kelli H.
Toddler nephew really needed to phone aunt "Ahwish" to tell me he eats in his highchair. <3 <3 <3
Kirsten, Catherine Pellegrino, Meg V. Meg and 6 other people liked this
Do you ever reread things in your head? I do. Today it's Moominvalley in November.
The very last house stood all by itself under a dark green wall of fir-trees, and here the wild country really began. Snufkin walked faster and faster straight into the forest. Then the door of the last house opened a chink and a very old voice cried: "Where are you off to?"
- Marianne
"I don't know," Snufkin replied.
- Marianne
The door shut again and Snufkin entered his forest, with a hundred miles of silence ahead of him.
- Marianne
Happy birthday to Stephen Mack, FriendFeed's most proficient, and accurate, liker. He is loved by all, admired by many, and his works are enjoyed by all those who come in touch with them. This year, for his birthday, I am told FriendFeed has chipped in to buy him a screensaver! It will come on a floppy disk in the mail.
Stanley Mathis, Dario Gomez, system4ezmoney and 74 other people liked this
Photo by Thomas Hawk a long time ago with Stephen's first little one, Sammy.
- Louis Gray
A screensaver! But is it compatible with TiVo boxes, everywhere. Happy birthday, Stephen.
- Jimminy IS Everybody
Thank you, Louis! That photo was more than 7 years ago...
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Does he still use a Sinclair ZX81 as well, or is that a bit too modern? I think Charles Babbage had some kind of interesting gadget that came a bit before Apple's ipad too.
- Erik Retallick
Look at that happy face! :)
- Kelli H.
Happy Birthday to one of the nicest people I have the pleasure to know!
- Running Slow
Happy Birthday Stephen!!
- Georgia
Happy Birthday, Mr. Mack!
- Ross Miller
Happy day to you, Stephen. I hope your birthday is a wonderful one.
- Friar Ticket to Ride
Happy Birthday, Stephen! I hope you have a great day!
- Jennifer Dittrich
Happy Birthday, Stephen!
- AJ Batac
Stephen, happy birthday. This is a better community with you in it.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
happy bday!
- holly #ravingfangirl
Thank you, everyone!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Happy!
- Jenica
Happy birthday
- Eric - seven eleven
Happy Bearthday!
- Steve and 4 other people
Happy birthday to one of my favorite people!
- Mary Carmen
Happy Birthday, Stephen!
- Jkram|ɯɐɹʞſ
Happy Birthday!
- Roger N
Yay! Happy Stephen Day! I hope your day is as awesome as you are!
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
from Android
That's so sweet, Lisa, and thank you all!
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
Happy Monday, everyone. Have a boring week!
Steele Lawman, Kirsten, Lily and 2 other people liked this
I would love to.
- lris
Hello. And...Done.
- Uli - Sent to Coventry
Amandadon't, Mark Kille, MoTO #TeamMonique and 22 other people liked this
thanks, Marge :)
- RepoRat
Excellent news; hearty congratulations to you RepoRat!
- Galadriel C.
That's so cool! Congratulations!
- Running Slow
Not that any of us are surprised, but continued congrats anyhow, RR!
- Lily
Congrats, RR!!
- Katie
Woo!
- lris
Hoo!
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Well deserved recognition for an underappreciated Rat!
- Bill Hooker
Awesome!
- kaijsa
Mark Kille, Galadriel C., Marianne and 12 other people liked this
YAY! How long did it take to win them over? Patiently over the course of many years or a quick flash of inspiration from an elevator pitch?
- John Dupuis
One of each, actually. Each had boxed me into "how to use MLA and JSTOR," but today one asked about research strategies for her own upcoming work out of the blue and the other one seems to have really heard me when I said I wanted to blur the mythical distinction between the intellectual work that literary scholars do in the classroom and the research process.
- lris
I GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT I GET UP AGAIN! YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN!
ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤, Kathy, Lily and 11 other people liked this
We'll be singing when we're winning.
- Royce's favorite Anna
I'll take a lager drink.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
My wife and I sang this on karaoke night on a cruise ship. That is all.
- Chris Z.
Bump. Because.
- RepoRat
Love the face from ChumbaWamba.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
Our IL rubric was just highlighted by someone who is not us! We're famous. Also, panel includes char booth. #libraryfamous
Marie, John Dupuis, Kirsten and 22 other people liked this
Char Booth, and Deb Gilchrist both reinforce my fan-girl-dom this week. I am a seriously recalcitrant fan-girl, which just goes to show how awesome they are.
- lris
Char Booth's visualizing departments and interventions, and Gilchrist's space-planning-based-on-philosophy changed my vision of liaison librarianship.
- lris
I need someone to change my vision of liaison librarianship. [edit: that someone is probably me.]
- Steele Lawman
In my dream about a (completely fictional) difficult patron, he was desperate to know about tissues. "People take a tissue out of the box AND THEN WHAT?" He was angry when I suggested "and then they blow their noses?" My dream patrons are cray-cray.
maʀtha, Catherine Pellegrino, Sir Shuping is just sir and 9 other people liked this
Is that much different to your real patrons?
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Luckily yes, very different.
- lris
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.
- Steele Lawman
That's a lot closer to what he wanted to hear, actually. After much frustration and distrust, the reference interview yielded, "oh, you think there's a *conspiracy* involving tissues?"
- lris
How are most interviews handled in libraryland? This will be my first go with applying for jobs where I'm not in the same city. Is contact initiated by email? Phone? I would assume a phone/video chat preliminary first round before and in-person, if it comes to that? I feel like I should know this already and don't. Already kind of stressed over it.
Lily, imabonehead, Scoble, Alex Scoble and 8 other people liked this
No stress. Academic library interviews: first there's usually a phone interview round of the top 7-10 candidates. Then they choose 3-ish to bring to campus. (In my experience.) Depends on their budget as to who pays to get you to campus, but for most places, they bring you.
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Watch out for places that make you reimburse them for the travel if they offer the job and you don't accept it.
- Royce's favorite Anna
what warmaiden said for academic library interviews. they'll generally make first contact via email to ask you if you're still interested and to set up a phone/skype interview. don't stress over it. especially if it seems like its taken a while. a lot of academic places are slow and can take a month contact after initial review dates are set.
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Okay, cool. Thanks. I was thinking I probably wouldn't hear back from anyone until after spring break/Easter anyway, but I know other fellow job hunters are getting phone calls and interviews.
- Derrick
For us, initial contact is usually by email, and we always do phone interviews for our first round (anywhere from 4 to 8 people, on the committees I've been on). If someone makes the cut for an in-person interview (3 people, max), we'll either email or phone to let them know and give a choice of dates. We offer to make travel and hotel arrangements for the candidate or they can make...
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- Kirsten
DC DC DC DC
- Jason
yeah it all depends on the univ. i know of one major univ. that took 3 months to say "hey we're just now doing phone interviews, you still interested?" don't get discouraged and just keep going
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Wouldn't hurt to follow up with an email, just to check in on where they are in the process. Some libraries have workflows in place to communicate well with applicants and candidates, and some have almost zero communication. It took us a couple of years to realize that HR did almost zero communicating with applicants, and now we have a process in place for search committees that takes care of it.
- Royce's favorite Anna
When I applied/interviewed and was hired at Arizona, I applied in late October or early November, got follow up written questions (it was very strange) to respond to in December, then didn't interview until March or April. For GSU, I think I applied in February, did a phone interview in March, actual interview in April, with an offer within about 10 days after that. So yeah, it very much depends upon the speed of the organization.
- ellbeecee
We, on the other hand, aren't allowed to talk with candidates re: the process and have to refer any inquiries to HR. So while Anna's right that it doesn't hurt to ask if it's been several months since the position closed, be aware that you might not get much of an answer.
- Kirsten
My Public Library does phone first if you live far away and then will follow up with in person interview if you pass the first interview. Derrick, DO NOT STRESS about this.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
Sounds good. I've just been a big ball of stress for the last six weeks and all I can think about is that I have a last day coming up in July, I love the work I do, and really would love to be somewhere I can continue to do this. Will try and calm down about it. Thanks again.
- Derrick
If you do a phone interview, do it standing up. TRUST ME ON THIS.
- Chris Z.
Also, applying now is good because academic places, at least, are probably hoping for an August start date. Also, what Zamms said (plus "with pants on".)
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
we sometimes use Skype instead of phone, fwiw
- maʀtha
also, in academia, the whole process can take FOREVER
- maʀtha
Forever plus a day. Don't lie to him Martha.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
the last one i applied to and was contacted for had this process: 1. contact by phone 2. one hour in person job talk (your dime) 3. Skype interview with library director and college vp. so definitely YMMV in regards to the process. but, from my experience usually like the above
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
Also, one of the big hold ups can be getting people in a room together. It seemed to take an act of God to get people scheduled for the position I just sent up recommendations for--mostly because my calendar fills two months out and my colleagues are the same. We have to find the days when the most people can be on campus to talk to you.
- Hedgehog
Yeah, I can see that. I'm going to take this time to chill out and enjoy my extended weekend and not stress over this. You lot are the best.
- Derrick
remember to apply at all manner of libraries. your pre library experience may be a leg up in some cases and you should not limit yourself to academic libraries. You would be awesome anywhere.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
if there is any way I can help, D, you know you got me in your corner
- maʀtha
This is only quasi-related, but hopefully useful advice: create a cheat sheet for your phone interview. Do a search for common phone interview questions, jot down ones you think you might be asked with a few notes about an answer. That helped me feel WAY more confident in my phone interviews!
- Laura H.
Also, D, if you've not had someone give you feedback on your resume/CV and cover letter, please let us! That's the kind of thing we're generally happy to do before hand - it saves is from writing those cover letter blog posts. ;)
- ellbeecee
I have looked at those blog posts, ellbeecee! How do you think I got mine so finely tuned? I've had people give them the once over so I feel good about that aspect of it, it's just the waiting that's killer. And Laura, I will do just that! Thanks again everyone. This is all incredibly helpful.
- Derrick
ZAMMS DOES IT STANDING UP
- Steele Lawman
this time of year, things can be extended because the budgt isn't known until next year. esp for libraries with public funding (univs & public libraries). So I raise martha's forever and 410s + 1 day to present this formula: forever + 1 day + next fiscal year if ≥ April 1.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
One of my internship supervisors had a job that took 18 months from application to notification. 9 months of that because an administrator had a heart attack and no one wanted to hire anyone until the new person got in--but they didn't bother to inform the applicants.
- Rebecca Hedreen
They basically throw a dozen or so books onto the floor in a dark room and give you a flashlight. You have 3 minutes to organize them left to right by the Dewey Decimal system. Succeed and you pass. Fail, and at least you have something to read when the lights come on.
- Louis Gray
NO, what they do is lock you in a room with an Elsevier rep and an ebook publisher rep and you have to break out of the room together using 1.5 wooden matches before the tiger eats you.
- maʀtha
(the trick is to feed the reps to the tiger)
- jambina
Definitely get feedback on your written materials, but you can practice the rest, too. I've done mock phone interviews with people to help them practice, followed by a conversation with advice and feedback--and would be willing to do this again, FYI. I imagine others around these parts would do the same. My style is tough love and lots of support.
- kaijsa
Happy to do feedback on job-talk slides, when you get that far.
- RepoRat
Another "it depends" testimonial: I got my current job after a Skype (video) interview only. I also experienced the one circumstance in which the process takes less than forever: they had to have someone hired super-quickity quick before the end of the fiscal year/holiday break. It's all about lucky timing...
- Megan loves summer
I just CRUSHED my presentation at work. I've been feeling a little less than stellar and like an awful librarian of late, but maybe this is the start of some new life. And if I can't do the work that I'd like to do here, then I'll just take myself on elsewhere.
Bruce Lewis, Jason - The Opaque, Laura Norvig and 59 other people liked this
You know, the managers among us like to grumble "sometimes the problem is the employee" when we're frustrated, but the converse is true far more often, in my experience: Sometimes the problem is the workplace. If you can't be awesome there, and you can't find a way to make the place be awesome, find somewhere else to be awesome. :)
- Jenica
I've been wringing my hands and rocking back and forth thinking, "What can I do, what can I do?" with "One Day More" from Les Miz playing in the background for too long. I'll probably still be in my funk, but at least I'll feel a little more confident about strutting my skills on for someone somewhere else.
- Derrick
wants to see Derrick strut his skills ---->
- t-ra: not givin up
I'm with T-ra. Also, I just want to see Derrick.
- lris
I just imagined Derrick doing the Cabbage Patch. Because that is the picture next to "Derrick is awesome." in my dictionary.
- Julian
Dude, you got skills. You just need to find the best place to lay down all that awesomeness. :)
- c.a.j.
Thanks y'all. And I did all of this sans bow tie. :)
- Derrick
Goodness.
- lris
Our newest manager-librarian just asked for advice on being a manager, as this is her first time in the role. I think I might've blathered something about communication styles, and not being afraid to close your door when you need to (me? not so good with unexpected questions sometimes). What would y'all have told her?
Lily, Derrick, Sir Shuping is just sir and 5 other people liked this
One of the things that stuck with me in management class last semester (remembering having gone through it myself a decade ago) was that new managers tend to think their role is solving problems for about the first 6-12 months, but that successful managers eventually settle into seeing their primary management duty as helping other people get work done in whatever forms that takes. The...
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- Marianne
That's interesting, marianne, and I can see myself having made that shift - at almost 2 years management in I'm solidly in the latter camp now(to the point that, while I dislike the process of writing evaluations, I like the preparation for writing them because I get to see again the awesome stuff my folks did). Kirsten, a couple of things I would suggest: document stuff. Not just...
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- ellbeecee
I'd just like to nominate the Ask a Manager blog for some great managerial advice. http://www.askamanager.org/categor... I've been reading it for years and the advice in all areas seems super solid. (for both employees *and* managers).
- MontglaneChess
Help your staff get their stuff done by getting resources for them and protecting them from as much bs as possible and effectively communicate library's big vision and where the staff fits into said vision.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
I want to work for you, Mo
- maʀtha
Hmm "helping people succeed" vs "solving problems"? In some ways I disagree those two are different, but I think I see what you mean. I have benefited from the former. "Solving problems" I suppose involves the manager directly giving the solution (not a good idea particularly if it's a area one is not strong in ), while "helping people succeed" means trusting the staff , using the managerial position to lend support whether it be getting resources, clearing opposition etc.
- aarontay
*bump* Anyone else care to chime in?
- Kirsten
Management is no different from any other skill - it takes time and practice. Give yourself permission to make mistakes and to learn from them.
- Jen
Management conversations are harder than management decisions, so give yourself the support you need: Do your homework, research your position, document your choices, and script your words. I think we often think that we just "know" how to talk to people, or communicate, but it's not actually that straightforward. (Learning this earlier would have been a nice thing in my world...)
- Jenica
Learn how things are being done now, and why. Do not try to change anything until you are sure you understand why things are being done as they are. Even the most nonsensical things sometimes have good reasons--at least they were good reasons 10 years ago. Then communicate how your new ways will be better (and really listen to the feedback). THEN change things.
- Rebecca Hedreen
Many thanks, all!
- Kirsten
w00t! I just got asked by a research prof. in my department to serve on a panel at Department's Annual Research Conference (like LIS' ASIS&T). so excited!! Topic: finding online resources to help teach diversity.
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Pi day!
- Yo. Shark Dog.
aw, and my cataloging co-worker is already enhancing the OCLC record so when people get the book the record they download will look nice. :)
- Marie
yay!!
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Happy book day to you Marie. Congrats.
- ♫410 I Coach 'em Up♫
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Thank you!
- Marie
*throws confetti*
- RepoRat
Can I like this again today?
- Catherine Pellegrino
*like* (again)
- Julian
Note to self: the URL for Library Journal is not lj.com (totally NSFW).
Lily, Steele Lawman, Victor Ganata and 6 other people liked this
Brings a whole new meaning to circulation statistics!
- Chris Z.
I did that one day last week. #whoopsiedoodle
- holly #ravingfangirl
How was that page nsfw? everything was covered... (I did not click through to "chat" with any of the options)
- awd
Aaron, I was similarly disappointed.
- Steele Lawman
note to all babybrarians: Document what you are doing throughout your career as a service to yourself. Don't think of it as a yearly thing admin needs for their records. Take detailed notes so you can reconstruct the different projects you were involved with in a clear concise manner. Trust me this will come in handy.
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I should put together a timeline and attach to it the different projects I have done as I recall them and start filling in specifications I can glean from emails and remembered details
- Jason - The Opaque
Your work calendar is a useful ally in this endeavor.
- RepoRat
Also any to do lists you keep.
- Catherine Pellegrino
Unfortunately work email doesn't work once you stop worKing somewhere. Fortunately i started using my personal account for a lot of things
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
Last I checked, my Filofax still works, regardless of my employment situation. ;) #getoffmylawn
- Catherine Pellegrino
I have all my annual reports copied but that just hits the highlights. Sometimes you will need to talk in detail about your experience related to minor projects that didn't make the "annual" cut at the time
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
BUT I'M TOO LAZY
- Meg V. Meg
For me it was usually because fifty more pressing projects were waiting for my attention. While working at a previous position i made great use of email and an internal ticket system (p.s. Never delete email lol)
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
We do quarterly reports here. Makes annual report writing a whole hell of a lot easier and lets me highlight some of the little stuff. These are internal only--they don't go beyond my dept
- Hedgehog
Huh - I've done monthly reports at both my library jobs - and it makes annual reports REALLY easy - just grab the highlights from each month... That makes keeping track of progress through projects and all really easy as well.
- WebGoddess
my last job had no progress reporting at all. I was actually working on getting that put in place before i left
- Jason - The Opaque
from Android
Also, Do this with your vacations - esp. the vacations which are similar. I cannot remember when we went to VT vs. NH though I do at least remember the towns in which we stayed. I can also remember the trip we took from South-Central PA to Lower-Middle VT... because we went from PA to Cleveland to visit with friends to Toronto to attend a wedding to VT... "because Toronto is on the way to VT if you fold the map just right, and Cleveland is on the way to Toronto."
- awd
Best advice I ever got regarding reviews: Start a file, right now, and drop copies of everything into it. Flyers, programs, handouts, agendas, letters of appointment, thank you notes, whatever. I actually have 3 - one paper, one email, and one dropbox. Saves a HUGE amount of time--it's scary the number of times I said "oh, I forgot I attended that" while prepping for my last review.
- Rebecca Hedreen
I've successfully used memiary.com. It's also useful for those weeks when it feels like I haven't achieved *anything*.
- Deborah Fitchett
Thanks for the rec, Deborah. Memiary.com looks interesting. And Rebecca--great idea!
- Yvonne
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today he stopped by again. He'd gotten comments back on his paper and apparently hadn't supported his claim that as more people buy online content, the prices will go down. Oh honey...
- lris
At least it sounds like he's learning something. A student in my infolit class on semester insisted in writing his research paper on how everything is online for free, which is hurting book authors. Then he wrote his paper and couldn't find sources to support his thesis and grudgingly moved to a slightly more cluefull perspective.
- kaijsa
I sent him to talk to our head of Coll Dev. He emerged wide-eyed.
- lris
I think this is very cool. Good for him!
- maʀtha
Yeah, he's a neat kid. Now with information!
- lris
Supply and Demand, meet Artificial Scarcity.
- Steele Lawman
Carls *are* a curious breed...in more ways than one...
- Lily
Holy crow. My man is moving in with me tomorrow. I never thought I'd voluntary share living quarters ever again, but I am SO EXCITED. Yay, love.
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Very yay. :)
- Jed Harris-Keith
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The Westboro Baptist Church has already picketed my church. Tomorrow they are picketing my undergrad college. I choose to believe this means I've done some things right in my life.
Heather, Lola Bean (Penguin), Kevin (aka ThreadKilla) and 45 other people liked this
It is my goal to one day be picketed by Westboro Baptist Church
- Friar Ticket to Ride
Also, I gotta say, DAMN: http://www.crowdrise.com/vcfeb28
- laura x
You should hold up a sign that says "Are your signs on recycled cardboard?"
- Johnny
Well! I think they met their $4500 fundraiser goal. :) You think the Westboro folks realize that every time they protest, we just find a way to make it a positive for all the causes they hate?
- Hookuh Tinypants
I can't find it now but I think it was someone on FF (Barry?) who long ago linked to an article positing that Westboro's sole purpose in their seemingly-insane protests is to try and get communities or individuals to retaliate against them in ways that violate their (Westboro's) rights to free speech and freedom of assembly and freedom from getting punched in the nose, enabling them to sue for damages. This is the only explanation that makes any sense to me.
- Steele Lawman
Steve, I'd accept that rationale but for the stories from the people who escape from the WBC circle and who claim to have believed what they were saying.
- DJF
If it's not out yet, it should be out soon, but there's a recent book by someone raised in the WBC and her experiences with it.
- Katie
Ah, OK. I'm not familiar with those stories. Still seems possible that the higher-ups have this in mind, kind of like how most Catholics are actually against molesting children despite the policies of the higher-ups.
- Steele Lawman
Interview with Nate Phelps http://thestory.org/archive.... I highly recommend this, I heard it on air.
- maʀtha
Here is the Lauren Drain book http://amzn.com/1455512427
- maʀtha
There's a pretty interesting article about one of the granddaughters who've left here https://medium.com/reporte... - Based on that article and my experience of zealots generally, I don't think the Westboro folks are insincerely putting themselves in a position to sue. I think they have some weird-ass rationale worked out whereby when they DO end up in that...
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- Marianne
I think Marianne's assessment nails it.
- Micah
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Something something, willful ignorance. Something something, an excuse to hate. Something something attention whores.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
"The mind ... is an amazingly self-contradictory, self-justifying place." FTFY. ;)
- Steele Lawman
Yes yes. But those dudes are a couple of quanta past us dudes.
- Marianne
I'd like you all to know that my Ivy League Whorehouse has now raised over $100,000 for LGBT youth.
- laura x
Holy crap.
- Catherine Pellegrino
That's absolutely marvelous, Laura.
- Marianne
Go Whorehouse! Also, Westboro does have a good cadre of lawyers, which they'll use if given justification. When they came here to protest the local high school's production of the Laramie Project, counter-protesters were given a list of "don't do's" so as not to give them any legal fodder. We were good. Westboro were ignorant yahoos. The production was a smash hit. So. However, I agree...
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- Louise "Weezy" Alcorn
The Vassar fundraising now makes me think that WBC are agents provocateurs for LGBTQ/veterans advocacy groups.
- Steele Lawman
Again, if it weren't for the lawsuits, which are, I think, a provocation too far, I might even agree with you.
- DJF
I'm just making things more complex than they really are. Mostly I love the WBC though--except for the very real harm they do to grieving families, they give us all a group we can feel superior to, secular or religious, liberal or conservative, we can all say, "well I'm not THAT fucked up."
- Steele Lawman
Art Hoppe (a beloved SFChronicle columnist, long since dead) would call WBC the human penguins--he started "The Love Everybody* Crusade" (with "*Except Penguins"), figuring we all needed *somebody* to feel superior to. http://www.worldcat.org/title...
- Walt Crawford
Every day kinda feels like the most exhausting day ever.
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xxxxx
- Headless Gnad Kicker
I probably need more exercise?
- Meg V. Meg
This, oof.
- ωαřмaiden ❤Marrit Woman❤
Agreed.
- Jed Harris-Keith
from iPhone
You could stop getting older.
- Yo. Shark Dog.
phew. I thought it was just me.
- $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian
Eric Sizemore, Yvonne, Marianne and 11 other people liked this
that's fantastic!
- Jenica
Apparently his project changed editors part way through. I wonder if this signals newer thinking?
- lris
I hope so? I mean, I'd hesitate to say "Oxford has changed!" but it's great that some parts of the Oxford machine are willing to change, and interested in new ways of thinking.
- Jenica
Right, that's kind of how I'm looking at it, too.
- lris
Huh. Well, maybe they stubbed their toe on copyright too often and are seeing its dark side. Now if the rest of the organization would just .... (and curious how much he was using? If a line or two, it should never have required permission in the first place.)
- barbara fister
Sidebar: lots of people like to use song lyrics in books; some publishers insist you track down whatever company owns the rights and pay them a boatload, and others say lah di dah, it's fair use. Go figure.My publisher did not take the fair use route and I spent months trying to pay Sony for the right to use two line of a Leonard Cohen song available on million of webpages for which,...
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- barbara fister
He's a film prof, so he's using all kinds of stuff, and he said they also had to incorporate multi-media for this series, so there must be a web component? Anyway, it surprised me in a good way.
- lris
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