In the last week, I've received 3 requests to teach or train people in various things. Basically, they want me to teach them what they should know 1) to do a particular job for which they don't want to hire someone or 2)to do the job for which they were hired, but clearly do not have the skills (or to teach someone they hired who is clearly undertrained). Oh, and did I mention for FREE?I've been thinking about this long and hard -- for a variety of reasons, as one of my goals for this year is to evaluate my career path.

In the last week, I've received 3 requests to teach or train people in various things. Basically, they want me to teach them what they should know 1) to do a particular job for which they don't want to hire someone or 2)to do the job for which they were hired, but clearly do not have the skills (or to teach someone they hired who is clearly undertrained). Oh, and did I mention for FREE?I've been thinking about this long and hard -- for a variety of reasons, as one of my goals for this year is to evaluate my career path.

A little bit of self PRMy paintings & photographs as well as art newshttp://www.facebook.com/robinfayarts/Visiting my page and "liking" it will mean you will receive new art & photos through your facebook news stream.

A little bit of self PRMy paintings & photographs as well as art newshttp://www.facebook.com/robinfayarts/Visiting my page and "liking" it will mean you will receive new art & photos through your facebook news stream.

For those who might be interested:(snip)Changes that will directly benefit members include:New Member Advisory/Interest Groups to enable members to contribute to the development of LYRASIS programs and services;The creation of the Ideas & Insights Series to allow members to share their knowledge and experience with other professionals in the field;Broadened Professional Development and Consulting services to support member Web Scale readiness; and A series of discussions hosted in partnership with OCLC on the topic of “Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale."LYRASIS has also updated its w

For those who might be interested:(snip)Changes that will directly benefit members include:New Member Advisory/Interest Groups to enable members to contribute to the development of LYRASIS programs and services;The creation of the Ideas & Insights Series to allow members to share their knowledge and experience with other professionals in the field;Broadened Professional Development and Consulting services to support member Web Scale readiness; and A series of discussions hosted in partnership with OCLC on the topic of “Moving Library Cooperation to Web Scale."LYRASIS has also updated its w

the U.S. Department of Education 2011 Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Call for Peer ReviewersFebruary 4, 2011 as the deadline for receiving resumes of potential reviewers. The announcement is available here, http://www2.ed.gov/programs/lsl/lslpeers2011.doc

the U.S. Department of Education 2011 Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Call for Peer ReviewersFebruary 4, 2011 as the deadline for receiving resumes of potential reviewers. The announcement is available here, http://www2.ed.gov/programs/lsl/lslpeers2011.doc

Personal Knowledge Management: A Framework for Librarians( http://georgialibraries.org/events/wed-web-series/personal-knowledge-management-framework-librarians )Presented by Elisabeth ShieldsWednesday, January 19, 2011, 11:15am - 12:15pm Eastern TimeSeparate registration is required for each hour-long session (free & open to all)Searching is the easy part. But what do you do with all the material youve collected?

Personal Knowledge Management: A Framework for Librarians( http://georgialibraries.org/events/wed-web-series/personal-knowledge-management-framework-librarians )Presented by Elisabeth ShieldsWednesday, January 19, 2011, 11:15am - 12:15pm Eastern TimeSeparate registration is required for each hour-long session (free & open to all)Searching is the easy part. But what do you do with all the material youve collected?