Last Tuesday, I received an email responding to my ALSC Committee Volunteer application form.
I was surprised to see that I had been invited to serve immediately as a member of the Liaisons with National Organizations Serving Children and Youth (LNOSCY) committee for a two-year term.
I am excited and feel strongly about the functions and goals of this committee! I see it as a great opportunity to learn about and market to other child-friendly organizations as well as network with a broader selection of peers and gain leadership skills. This commitment also fulfills my "final" Emerging Leader charge to serve on a "real" committee.
In light of our budget concerns at the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County and my switch from full to part-time, I was initially concerned about my ability to accept this invitation.
Fortunately, I work in a system that values professional development and supports it as they are able.
I have accepted the invitation!
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Learn to Change
Tonight I attended the premiere of Steel Valley: Meltdown, a documentary covering "Our History ... Our Choices ... Our Future" in Youngstown, Ohio. (Thank you, Mom, for being an avid Vindicator reader and informing me about it.)
Having taken classes like Urban Sociology and Cultural Landscapes at Youngstown State University, the history and choices were not unfamiliar to me. However, I had not been fully aware of nor had I fully explored a possible future economy in green technology and information.
Both of these topics made me think of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County -- the green buildings we have been willing and courageous to build and the information services we have adapted during 100 plus years of service in our community. Being a believer in libraries as community centers, my only disappointment in the film then was not seeing at least one shot of the downtown, Carnegie-built Main library.
The other idea and phrase in tonight's documentary that caught my attention was "... learn to change ..." Throughout the documentary, interviewees -- leaders like Mayor Williams and Congressman Ryan and academics like Professor Linkon -- talked about the changes that have taken place in the community and the need to adapt to these changes. Most importantly, Ryan referred to the idea that unforeseen changes are yet to come, so we need to learn how to be adaptable and not just adapt right now.
We need to learn how to change.
Defend Youngstown by supporting YOUR Library!
Having taken classes like Urban Sociology and Cultural Landscapes at Youngstown State University, the history and choices were not unfamiliar to me. However, I had not been fully aware of nor had I fully explored a possible future economy in green technology and information.
Both of these topics made me think of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County -- the green buildings we have been willing and courageous to build and the information services we have adapted during 100 plus years of service in our community. Being a believer in libraries as community centers, my only disappointment in the film then was not seeing at least one shot of the downtown, Carnegie-built Main library.
The other idea and phrase in tonight's documentary that caught my attention was "... learn to change ..." Throughout the documentary, interviewees -- leaders like Mayor Williams and Congressman Ryan and academics like Professor Linkon -- talked about the changes that have taken place in the community and the need to adapt to these changes. Most importantly, Ryan referred to the idea that unforeseen changes are yet to come, so we need to learn how to be adaptable and not just adapt right now.
We need to learn how to change.
Defend Youngstown by supporting YOUR Library!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Wherever You Go, There You Are
I am here!
This is my second day of my new position here at the Austintown branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. Though I very much loved my previous position at Main, the change is refreshing.
I like it here.
I rediscovered a quote that I wrote down in spring of 2008, a few months into my "new" job at Main. It is still pertinent today:
"... allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are."
from Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Zabat-Zinn.
This is my second day of my new position here at the Austintown branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. Though I very much loved my previous position at Main, the change is refreshing.
I like it here.
I rediscovered a quote that I wrote down in spring of 2008, a few months into my "new" job at Main. It is still pertinent today:
"... allow this moment to be exactly as it is, and allow yourself to be exactly as you are."
from Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Zabat-Zinn.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Keeping Busy
Overall, I can report good news (both professional and personal) from the last three weeks.
Here it is in chronological order:
Working with my EMIE Bulletin contact, I have an approved topic to write about and submit -- probably for the first issue of 2010.
While developing ideas for the OCTELA presentation proposal, I contacted a former Kent State University professor and discovered that I may have the opportunity to post my early learning science content standard alignment project on the ILILE website.
I submitted an application for the opportunity to be part of the Association for Library Services to Children's (ALSC) Bill Morris Seminar.
I emailed another contact I made at ALA's Mid-Winter Conference and submitted a committee volunteer form for ALSC.
I still have a job in the library serving children, but it will be changed to a part-time position at another location. This gives me the opportunity to work with different co-workers, to experience programming in a different community, and to fully welcome my new niece when she arrives in December!
Here it is in chronological order:
Working with my EMIE Bulletin contact, I have an approved topic to write about and submit -- probably for the first issue of 2010.
While developing ideas for the OCTELA presentation proposal, I contacted a former Kent State University professor and discovered that I may have the opportunity to post my early learning science content standard alignment project on the ILILE website.
I submitted an application for the opportunity to be part of the Association for Library Services to Children's (ALSC) Bill Morris Seminar.
I emailed another contact I made at ALA's Mid-Winter Conference and submitted a committee volunteer form for ALSC.
I still have a job in the library serving children, but it will be changed to a part-time position at another location. This gives me the opportunity to work with different co-workers, to experience programming in a different community, and to fully welcome my new niece when she arrives in December!
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