libraryprograms (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} libraryprograms) wrote,@ 2005-08-03 16:55:00 |
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This begins my 9 week countdown...
I love programming. Working in an environment which works more against one than with one is disheartening. I work in a place where suggestions are more likely to be met with spite and lectures.
Yet I do go on. As do others. I write down lists of what I would do. I take what shreds of something I have left and try to make the best of the ruins. I will and have sat in a poorly promoted program and set my teeth into it like a starving animal – for whatever crowd I may have.
I’ll always think of a library who sets its programming goals high but acts so low to those with a calling to programming/teaching/promoting library services be entirely the worst example of what this profession is about. I’m not looking to feather my nest, I’m looking to make a difference one risk, one step, one issue at a time.
I plan to give notice at my current job in 9 weeks whether or not I’ve secured another place of employment. I’m done. And in being done, I no longer have anything to fear but my own inaction.
In these weeks I want to explore a variety of issues within my narrow little box. I’m going to scrap a little. I’m going to dream a little. I’m going to tell you how tough it is to run like a blindfolded stallion in a field of bees.
I'm also going to further detail and create on "cyber-paper" a plan for the following programming issues I see a lot of opportunity in:
1) Government web sites. I began as a Government Document librarian and remain faithful to the cause of getting information to the people. As so much information, forms and documents are put on the web, librarians need to be more proactive in securing training from government entities, doing online tutorials for self-training, producing programs for both internal/external/outreach audiences and trying to find out ways to be helpful to populations who are often facing harsh issues of technological literacy.
2) Singles. Work on solid, fun, information/book based talk-worthy programs with a lot of heart. Single householders showed up as the majority in the last census.
3) Blogs for the elderly. Produce a program that teaches older persons or persons working with older persons how to blog so as to save their lives in cyberspace for a wider audience than they could ever have imagined. This takes storytelling past the mashed potatoes on Sunday to people who can connect with real lives, real experiences and the warmth of the human.
I love programming. Working in an environment which works more against one than with one is disheartening. I work in a place where suggestions are more likely to be met with spite and lectures.
Yet I do go on. As do others. I write down lists of what I would do. I take what shreds of something I have left and try to make the best of the ruins. I will and have sat in a poorly promoted program and set my teeth into it like a starving animal – for whatever crowd I may have.
I’ll always think of a library who sets its programming goals high but acts so low to those with a calling to programming/teaching/promoting library services be entirely the worst example of what this profession is about. I’m not looking to feather my nest, I’m looking to make a difference one risk, one step, one issue at a time.
I plan to give notice at my current job in 9 weeks whether or not I’ve secured another place of employment. I’m done. And in being done, I no longer have anything to fear but my own inaction.
In these weeks I want to explore a variety of issues within my narrow little box. I’m going to scrap a little. I’m going to dream a little. I’m going to tell you how tough it is to run like a blindfolded stallion in a field of bees.
I'm also going to further detail and create on "cyber-paper" a plan for the following programming issues I see a lot of opportunity in:
1) Government web sites. I began as a Government Document librarian and remain faithful to the cause of getting information to the people. As so much information, forms and documents are put on the web, librarians need to be more proactive in securing training from government entities, doing online tutorials for self-training, producing programs for both internal/external/outreach audiences and trying to find out ways to be helpful to populations who are often facing harsh issues of technological literacy.
2) Singles. Work on solid, fun, information/book based talk-worthy programs with a lot of heart. Single householders showed up as the majority in the last census.
3) Blogs for the elderly. Produce a program that teaches older persons or persons working with older persons how to blog so as to save their lives in cyberspace for a wider audience than they could ever have imagined. This takes storytelling past the mashed potatoes on Sunday to people who can connect with real lives, real experiences and the warmth of the human.
