Comments on: Tryin’ to Get My Mojo Workin’ http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/ The murder victim? Your library assumptions. Suspects? It could have been any of us. Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:36:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Kim Leeder http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2908 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:29:46 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2908 Hey, sure Phil. All are welcome to submit a guest post! http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/submission-guidelines/

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By: RT http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2901 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:07:06 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2901 It’s never a bad idea to quote the wisdom of the philosopher McKinley Morganfield.

I work in a special library. I am the only librarian in my organization, so I sometimes need to explain to people what I do and why it’s valuable.

Not long after I read this article, I got a note from a top manager who is retiring. He said my work is valuable and that I am good at it. That’s always nice to hear and should keep me going for some months! Such a little thing, but few managers do it.

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By: Phil http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2899 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:31:58 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2899 Thanks, Jean. What I need to do is get off of my duff and write up something formal. Maybe ItLwtLP would have me?

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By: Jean Costello http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2890 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:31:29 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2890 Hi Phil – I’m a patron library blogger and love your idea about public libraries becoming a hub of discourse. I so need it and would bet a lot of other citizens feel that way too.

I wrote a post about it last week, in Why I Give a Damn about Public Libraries.

Library director Michael Baldwin also called for it in 2002 in Can Libraries Save Democracy.

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By: africker http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2888 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:32:14 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2888 We have a quick NLM guide stuck to the wall by the books though I doubt it would go down to Diabetic Foot level!

There was a lovely sequence of strips in Unshelved when the catalogue went down http://www.unshelved.com/2003-8-26
I am not this bad.

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By: Emily Ford http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2881 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:32:04 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2881 That’s great that you knew that without electronic support. I haven’t been in the field long enough to have learned it, or had enough reference transactions to commit it to memory. Do you have a cheat sheet?

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By: Emily Ford http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2880 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:30:39 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2880 Thanks, Kat. I have pondered whether I might be better suited working for a company, to tell you the truth. It seems like I’d actually be able to “git ‘er done” in that kind of environment rather than waiting for large bureaucratic beasts like academic libraries and ALA to get the ball rolling on new ideas.

And I do agree also, that companies, which create products for libraries, can be a good thing. I just think too often the model is skewed. There ARE good examples and good relationships out there.

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By: Emily Ford http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:28:33 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2879 I agree that management issues can have a lot to do with mojo. Maybe not being challenged by a manager or assisted in the ways that one needs assistance (acknowledgement, as you mention, or proper training, or the push to get out there and do good things) also has something to do with it?

What you’re saying in the second part about making sure the public knows our worth and our resources a big YES! Advocacy with legislators, but also informing our communities would help a lot. But it’s hard. What is effective? How do we get the word out? And, how can we work up the chain to make some pro-active changes into the management positions when we have no mojo to get there?

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By: africker http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:49:19 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2878 I already knew the classmark for Diabetic Foot without the need for electronic support.

Readers love it when they mention a topic / title and you immediately know where it will be.

At least that is what I tell myself – that shaking head may be of fear rather than of amazement.

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By: Kat Burlingame http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2010/tryin-to-get-my-mojo-workin/comment-page-1/#comment-2877 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:39:59 +0000 http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/?p=2189#comment-2877 What an honest and insightful post, Emily. I believe we graduated from school at the same time and I as well have felt my faith faltering a bit as of late. I’m in a slightly more dire position though, since my grant funding is running out and I’m back on the job market. Nothing is more disillusioning than a dearth of jobs and the attendant swell of applicants…I almost feel at times that I’ve hitched my wagon to a dying star. I’m impressed and encouraged with how proactively you’ve dealt with your situation and your stalwart commitment to the library community.

At the same time, would it be entirely heretical to urge for some clemency towards the failings of the commercial world? In between various official librarianship events last month, I attended a local idea sharing festival for technologists and media entrepreneurs. Sure I was a bit out of place, but I was also inspired by the energy, creativity, and bravery of this community. I LOVE the transparency and consensus driven, collaborative ethos of librarians but I also wish that didn’t have to come at the cost of innovation, speed, and guts. Too often I feel as though the library community dismisses new ideas, systems, and products as “too sexy” only to reluctantly adopt them once they hit mainstream and become de rigueur in the user community. Ultimately, I guess I just don’t like the “us” and “them” mentality. I agree with Derik…all interests should be mutually beneficial in the end…ask (or demand) and ye shall receive.

Anyway, just thought I’d chime in. Congratulations on your new job and so very sorry we didn’t get to meet up in DC!

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