After reading this article about a libromat – a library/laundromat combo – it got me to thinking about other mashups that would be mutually beneficial. Gymbrary – Fitness for the mind and fitness for the body. I can imagine that gym patrons might come to the library to supplement their fitness, for example, picking up … Continue reading
“This position is the dream job,” Collier said in the interview below. I enjoyed the part about having literary salons and how she said NMAAHCL will function like a public library, but still be a museum and research library. Continue reading
One of the (four) visitors of my blog today viewed a post I wrote about a year ago. I reread it to see where my mind was back then. At that point, I was gearing up for my first year of library school and on the hunt for a part-time position in an academic library, so I … Continue reading
I may have mentioned once or fifty-eleven times, that working as a librarian at the forthcoming National Museum of African American History and Culture, was my dream job. It doesn’t open officially until 2015, so I was hoping that I would have time to at least have my MLS (and more supervisory experience) before this … Continue reading
Ah. My first semester of library school is complete. The last few weeks were rough, but now I’m done and can relax a bit. Except I’m not totally relaxing because I’ve set up a few library tours at special libraries. I went to the a library inside of the National Museum of American History. It’s … Continue reading
Highly Textured Librarian 