Well, nothing much in the library world for me. I have been preparing for the new semester at CU, and that involves getting ready for new student orientations, etc. We’ve been creating some pretty cool 3-D slides for our electronic signage using Google SketchUp– but that’s been my assistant’s work, not mine. I just do the editing, add the text, and create the playlists.

I’ve been planning for my own fall semester, mostly. Scheduling the kid activities, and deciding what I’m going to do.

For one, I am going to Internet Librarian. WooHoo!  I am super-excited about that.

I’m also attending Defrag. I managed to score a volunteer staff spot for that one.

Then I’ll be going to the Colorado Association of Libraries conference again. I’ll probably help out with the Intellectual Freedom Committee’s session there.

This fall I’m taking: LI820: International Information Policy, LI846: Networking for Libraries & Information Agencies, and LI863: Project Management. I’m really excited about my classes this semester, because they finally mesh with my career and personal interests. The SLIM theory core was useful (somewhat), but it was also extremely redundant. Way too much time spent on old, old, OLD ideas– despite the initial introductory class stressing how we need to be ready for change in the library world.

My boss wants to collaborate on an article discussion change in the profession. It should be fun to look into. It lines up with my earlier “Change as Opportunity” post. We’re slowly getting some discussion going at my library. Instead of just building an Information Commons because others are doing it, I’ve managed to ask enough questions that occassionally people are starting to ponder, “What cultural changes should accompany the physical changes we are adopting?”

*fingers crossed*