A lot of times I think we get caught up in library stress and just get completely overwhelmed- a bazillion meetings about programs and summer reading, policy strategies, material orders, reference shifts, actual programs, and everything else that goes on within teen services goes on day in and day out and we get into […]
Category: Inspiration
Dreammakers
I think we do this all the time in youth and teen services. We think: we think that we can do something, whether it’s a change we want to do within the library, a program, or something that needs to be done. We believe: we believe that we can do it, and we get everyone […]
Pixie Dust
This is the way I’m feeling about things that have happened in the last few weeks. Big shifts in life, and a lot of unsteady ground. But hopefully, it’ll all turn out ok.
Do Your Thing
Words for Life
Sir Terry Pratchett
That Guy follows Explain XKCD daily, and sends me their cartoons every so often. This one really hit home the day Sir Terry Pratchett passed. Most people I talk to don’t know of XKCD, as it’s more often shared in engineering/geek circles, but this one seemed especially appropriate for a literary world.
Leonard Nimoy: Reflections on a Legend
I’ve been a science fiction and fantasy lover since I was little, so Leonard Nimoy was a household name. I could name him along with other actors in Star Trek, Star Wars, and other science fiction saga movies and series long before I knew facts of history or names of states and countries- which I’m not […]
Friends
You always have to have a support network- no matter how strong you think you are, you need to have someone in your life to share things with. Those friends, those special people with whom you can share the highs, the lows, and in-the-middles, no matter where they are or what time it is, they are […]
Nikki Giovanni
How Books Inspire
Those who aren’t familiar with libraries are always questioning, how do books inspire? I’ve never been inspired by a book. A painting, of course. A piece of music, oh yes. But a book? really? It comes from the passions of the writer and having something from their works reach into you, just like that […]