Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Happy New Year: A Year of Beginnings, Endings, and Beginings
I haven't blogged since the beginning of the year due to my busy professional life. I am preparing to attend the ALA Mid-Winter Conference in Seattle, WA. My first of many trips..... I currently sit on three committees that have me doing a lot of work before I arrive. In the midst of this, I finished all of my Legal Research course work, and have taken the exam. I have been answering legal research questions, and working on book reviews, and two articles for publication. My new years professional resolve for 2007 is to:
  1. Obtain a permanent academic librarian position
  2. Publish two scholarly articles in a peer-reviewed journal of librarianship
  3. Be the lead editor on a ACRL/Clip-Note publication
  4. Publish two articles in library-related sources
  5. Finish 10 chapters of my novel I have been working on since 2000
  6. Get rid of paper items I no longer need for my work
  7. Get rid of trinkets collected from attendance at conferences (I'm a trinket junkie) by giving them to my students
  8. Find five academic library jobs that I really like and apply for them
  9. Network with former classmates from Library School
  10. Volunteer 10 hours per month for a charity that supports women and children
The second year of my Librarian In Residency is winding down (expires 01 August 2007) and I look foward to seeing how my life will be enriched.



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