Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Tech Challenge Update
Today I am taking a class with Jessica Adler at the CJRLC lab. Soon I will be an expert on RSS and I can check it off of my Challenge list. Thanks, Roz, for setting up all the classes for people like me who intend to learn this stuff on my own, and somehow never get around to it!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
NJLA Elections and Getting Involved
As NJLA Nominations chair, I just finished calling or emailing all the people who agreed to run for NJLA office for next year. As a result, I have been reflecting on the whys and wherefors of involvement in the professional associations or in the Regions.
As a social being, I have always taken for granted that I would be involved in whatever way I could be. As a school librarian I was active in EMAnj and served on the advisory board for the Area Reference Center. I was involved in curriculum work for my district. Then I served on the CJRLC Executive Board, and here I am today. It's always been obvious to me that the way to learn and grow and contribute was through outside involvement.
Just as it is obvious to some librarians that they best serve their customers (students, the public, etc.) by always being on the job, ready to do what needs doing for their customers. What this brings to mind is the question of whether each of us (types, that is) is really doing what is easy and comfortable for ourselves and justifying it as philosophy after the fact. How do you see it?
As a social being, I have always taken for granted that I would be involved in whatever way I could be. As a school librarian I was active in EMAnj and served on the advisory board for the Area Reference Center. I was involved in curriculum work for my district. Then I served on the CJRLC Executive Board, and here I am today. It's always been obvious to me that the way to learn and grow and contribute was through outside involvement.
Just as it is obvious to some librarians that they best serve their customers (students, the public, etc.) by always being on the job, ready to do what needs doing for their customers. What this brings to mind is the question of whether each of us (types, that is) is really doing what is easy and comfortable for ourselves and justifying it as philosophy after the fact. How do you see it?
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