Last week, I was at the hair salon getting my hair cut. It’s a super friendly place and I was chatting with one of the young women who works there – she’s 19 years old. Since I’m a new client, she asked me what I did for a living. Of course, I said “I’m a librarian”. Her response? And I quote, “You’re awfully nice to be a librarian”. All I could say was “that makes me really sad”. It turns out that her concept of librarians is that they’re, you guessed it, kind of scary and ...
13 Oct 2021
Librarians, The Solutions Are In the Stories
In this very short episode, I’m going to talk about the value of story. No, not the kind of stories we usually think of in libraries, but rather the kind our team members have to tell. It’s in these personal narratives that you might discover the most magical solutions to troubling issues. As usual, full show notes can be found at masterfullibrarian.com/ep-30. I discovered this gold mine in a surprising way. One of the best parts of my new job is exit interviews. When a sta...
29 Sept 2021
Will the Real Library Leaders Please Stand Up?
Hello librarians. Welcome to this week’s episode where I’m going to talk about leaders in the library – they’re not always who you think they are. As usual, for complete show notes, you can go to masterfullibrarian.com/ep-29. I like to think, learn, and share about leadership. It’s really kind of my thing. Becoming a better leader is something that I work at all the time. And since I started my new position, it’s been even more important to me because I have a fairly large t...
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