Would you like to work with me? And my topnotch, talented teammates? Under the supervision (and super vision) of Erica Reynolds? There’s an open position in the Johnson County Library Web Content Team, of which I am the junior member (in length of employment there–in terms of age, I’m the oldest or second oldest member). […]
One of the main projects I have at my new place of work is rethinking and redesigning the children’s website. It will be completely different from how it currently is, all new in just about every way.
Now, I understand that there are certain expectations for its design and layout, both from our users and our […]
The short answer is: I had a very good day.
Today was my first day as a Web Content Developer at the Johnson County Library. Everyone on the Web Content team–and everyone else I met at the Central Library–was extremely friendly and welcoming. My coworkers took me out to lunch, got me set up at my […]
Q: Josh, why are you excited to start your new job?
A: Because, this is the kind of atmosphere I’ll be working in. How could I not be excited?
A couple of days ago, Tim Spalding linked to an announcement that Simon Spero has released a nearly-complete copy of the Library of Congress Authority Files. This data wasn’t exactly hiding, but it hasn’t been easily accessible before, not in this way.
Caveat One: In the announcement, Simon makes it clear that the records aren’t necessarily […]
In a month’s time, I will be leaving the Olathe Public Library and starting as a Web Content Developer at the Johnson County Library.
I’m not unhappy at OPL. Far from it. But when the opportunity comes up to work with Erica Reynolds and her dynamic Web Content team, you’d better believe I’m going to take […]
This has been preying on my mind for some weeks now, and I feel it’s finally time to get it off my chest: I hate the Dewey Decimal System.
Wait, let me be more precise. I think the Dewey Decimal System works just fine for cataloging materials in a library. From a librarian’s point of view, […]
My library was busy this afternoon. Mondays are usually busy, and today was no exception. The circulation desk had a crowd massed around it, and every station was staffed. Our regular middle schoolers were congregating around the computers and study tables, laughing and chatting. Little kids were milling around with their parents, who were conversing […]
Inspired by David Lee King’s series of posts on “Inviting Participation,” I wrote a post for MPOW’s public blog in which I raised issues about our library and libraries in general, openly inviting people to respond. Being the hotspur that I am, I went ahead and published the post…and then thought, “Maybe I should’n’a done […]
I was going to call this post “Knee Deep in the Hoopla,” but decided a Starship reference would be a crime against good taste.
Anyhoo…
MPOW’s general public blog has gotten a couple of comments. From patrons. Yes, patrons are actually reading our blogs and making comments. This makes me very very happy indeed, because honestly, I […]
