20th Sep 2006

Me and My Shadow (off The Long Queue)

In an effort not to get bogged down by the overwhelming weight of The Long Queue, which sometimes keeps me from posting out my weird sense of responsibility to clear out the Queue, I’ve decided to just start peppering them in, totally randomly. It entertains me and gets the job done at the same time, while keeping me in the habit of updating.

Back in July, Lorraine, Nancy, and I participated in the Me and My Shadow program, sponsored by NMRLS (Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System), and funded by the H.W. Wilson Library Staff Development Grant. The basic premise is a librarian exchange program, where librarians visit each other’s libraries, are given tours, and meet with their counterparts in the name of professional development.

While no one came to shadow me (in theory, everyone plays the part of shadow and host), I did visit Memorial Hall Library in Andover. As a participants in the exchange program, we were all asked to write little bits about our visits to the libraries, which are all documented on the Me and My Shadow blog.

I’m hoping that they can continue the visits somehow, even after the grant runs its course. The visits were much akin to a mini-conference in terms of meeting and learning from other librarians, with the added benefit of extra one-on-one time.

In the spirit of the program, here’s and open invitation: if anyone (librarian or not) is ever in the neighborhood of Reading, MA, and would like to drop by RPL for a tour and chat, definitely drop me a note and let me know. :)

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