1. Your One Sentence Bio
- I’m not that kind of librarian.
2. Do you blog? If yes, how did you come up with your blog name?
- Yes, I blog at Librarian by Day. The name is a reference to Barbara Gordon and the all the non-traditional roles librarians fill these days.
3. What is your professional background?
- I’ve worked in libraries since I was 16. Before I got my MLS I worked with engineers, and my first job after graduating was working with engineers, for some of you this may explain a lot.
4. What training do you do? staff? patrons? types of classes?
- Staff, patron, and other libraries that ask me to in a wide range of subjects – reference in the digital age, social media, web 2.0, gaming, time management, tech tools etc
5. What training do you think is most important to libraries right now
- We need to step up staff training, every staff member should feel comfortable offering basic assistance with any service or technology the library offers.
6. Where do you get your training?
- Anywhere I can! conferences, webinars, colleagues etc.
7. How do you keep up?
- My feed reader, Twitter and Facebook.
8. What do you think are the biggest challenges libraries are facing right now?
- We need to shift our foundations so change is easier and faster.
9. What are biggest challenges for trainers?
- shortage of staff, time, money and in some cases the unwillingness of trainees
10. What exciting things are you doing training wise?
- The library has a gadget garage that the FIT (Future Innovation & Technology) Committee is working with to help staff become familiar with new tools, investigate potential new services and circulation to patrons.
11. What do you wish were you doing?
- more training for everyone
12. What would you do with a badger?
- feed it chocolate cake
13. What’s your favorite food?
- Italian
14. What’s your take on handshakes?
- firm is a must
15. How did you get into this line of work?
- by luck & love
16. Why is the best part of your job?
- making a difference, see “it” click whatever “it” is
17. Why should someone else follow in your shoes?
- I’m going to have to agree with Pete on this one – blaze your own trail
18. Sushi or hamburger?
- depends
19. LSW or ALA?
- both
20. What one person in the world do you want to have lunch with and why?
- Barack Obama I heard him speak when he was campaigning and it was amazing, I’d just like to have a conversation with him
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