long time gone

I feel like I have been on a roller coaster this month. The library has been hard. The new boss and the library board...sounds like the title of a bad book, huh. I guess there was a fuss at the board meeting about me going to conferences. Although I get travel and room and board from the conference organizers, they weren't sure I should receive my day's pay. Historically the library has always paid the wage of those at a conference...no one has ever presented before though. I thought presenting was a good thing for the library. Ahh, but the truth leeks a bit and maybe it is just me. Guess they don't want me representing the library. I'd be hurt but I am too busy. Some people just don't know how lucky they are! I guess they desire mediocrity... I simply cannot accept it. So I will just ignore it. Yup. This is me ignoring it. Yup. Meanwhile J. and I have successfully migrated the entire library to an open source ILS, Koha. Thank god we have such a great staff, I tell you what! There have been a few scattered problems with the ILS change over, but honestly it has gone much smoother than I thought it would. J. coded me a new MARC editor :) I love it. Which is where I need to stay...loving my job. Getting sucked into the petty squabbles of ego and control are NOT where I need to be. I love my job, I love the kids and the excitement of video game tournaments and sharing that with other libraries and librarians is my privilege. (I actually think on some level sharing what I know is a responsibility, beyond privilege..but that may be to grandiose for me) I go to the therapist April 8th. Crazy is only a few steps away. The sanest crazy ever.

hitting the big time!

I just got an email acceptance to present at the national small and rural libraries conference in Sacramento California about gaming in libraries!!!!!!!!!! It isn't until September - I am already nervous!

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I survived!!!

I did two presentations today (back to back in different rooms on different subjects!) The open source presentation was a multiple presenter tag team kinda thing. I think I did well on my part. The time aspect was a bit muddled. I wasn't sure how much time I had and didn't know how deep I could go. It worked out though. We left enough time for question and answers and folks had quite a few. That really helps me gauge where my presentation should be aimed! The gaming presentation was fun! I heard two libraries decide to start gaming - I love when what I am presenting is implemented!! The feedback questionnaires for my gaming presentation were all fabulous (kinda an ego boost!) I had gotten a bit nervous before it started, but I guess that translated into a high energy presentation. well back to the conference... (more later)