A year and a half ago, at my former place of work, a coworker and I came up with the idea of ripping off the St. Joseph County Public Library’s subject guides wiki to replace the HTML pages we had that provided web links to users of our web site. I was appointed head of […]
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
It was one year ago today that I began working at the Johnson County Library. I blogged about my first day, saying it was “a very good day.” I’ve had many more good days since then, and it feels as if I’ve worked here for years–in the best possible sense. Sure, I have my frustrating […]
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
When I was given my library’s teen website as part of my web content responsibilities, I was signed up for the library’s Gaming committee. The Gaming committee has already put on one gaming tournament for teens, and the second one is this coming Friday. It will be my first time working at a gaming event […]
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
A position in my department has opened up, so if you or anyone you know is qualified and interested in working with a group of buttkickingly cool people in a dynamic library system, get those applications in!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Promotions people at MPOW decided they wanted to offer patrons a free CD of recorded storytimes before Thanksgiving, with the idea that parents could put the CD on and keep the kids entertained during a long car ride to wherever they were having Thanksgiving dinner. Discussion and planning followed, readers were solicited from our […]
Saturday, October 27, 2007
I don’t usually post the results I get from these internet quizzes, but I rather like this one (which was found on a coworker’s blog):
I’m a Talent!
You’re a risk-taker, and you follow your passions. You’re determined to take on the world and succeed on your own terms. Whether in the arts, science, engineering, business, or […]
I love that I get to work with people who think great thoughts and want to put them into action. (That would be the blogger, not Sir Ken Robinson. Sir Ken’s speech is great, too, and I encourage everyone to watch it, but I don’t work with him.)
Sunday, September 9, 2007
I haven’t done a formal count or anything, but my gut tells me (sotto voce) I posted more about the fun things I did on the job at my former place of employment than I post about the place I currently hang my derby. I’m not interested in posting all the gorey details of my […]
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Ladies and gentlemen, the day has arrived. May I humbly present to you the all-new, all-different…Johnson County Library website! (Humbly presented because I honestly had little to do with it besides giving a thumbs-up to various design factors and adding some content here and there. The lion’s share of the credit goes to the other […]
In case anyone’s been wondering, work has been going very well. We’re just a couple of days away from our big website relaunch (and launch, in the case of the new children’s site). So, for the past few weeks, work has been particularly demanding of my attention, and as a result, I want to have […]