Category: be the best you can be

• Space…the library frontier

  After seeing this post at ohdeedoh (which is a surprisingly good source of ideas for youth librarians), I decided that my ideal childrens’ department would have to have a wall made entire of felt, a wall painted in chalkboard paint, and a wall with magnetized paint (and a wall of lick-able wall-paper, if it weren’t […]

  Miss Julie

  December 15, 2009

  be the best you can be, early literacy, ethics, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, OPINIONS!, personal experience, preschool

• do you understand me now?

  “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?” -Robert Browning, from “Andrea del Sarto” That is one of the most famous lines in all of literature, but what does it mean? To me, it means that  you should always strive for more than you can accomplish at a given […]

  Miss Julie

  October 3, 2009

  be the best you can be, censorship, ethics, Librarians, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, library school vs. real libraries, library workers, OPINIONS!, personal experience, professional development

• poncho poncho poncho!

  Oh, my goodness, people! I sent a two sentence e-mail to E. Lockhart‘s (1) publisher/social organizer, and I got picked to attend a schmoozy librarian dinner! I am currently looking for a teen to take with me. I am so incredibly excited, y’all, you can’t believe it. I hope I don’t come across like a […]

  Miss Julie

  September 9, 2009

  authors, be the best you can be, ya lit

• take this job and shelve it

  I love shelvers/pages/whatever you call them at your particular library. I love them so much because they perform such a vital job in the library. Excellent shelvers are a rare creature, I think. My ideal shelver puts away materials briskly and efficiently, asks for help when needed, and takes pride in the appearance of the […]

  Miss Julie

  September 7, 2009

  be the best you can be, libraries now!, library workers, money money money, OPINIONS!

• Competent

  You should at the very least be competent, but I should hope that you’d rather strive to be exemplary.

  Miss Julie

  September 6, 2009

  be the best you can be, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, professional development