May 1, 2007

I am officially working on overdrive; I got to get my final edits done for the book I am working on. I am bringing closure to my "Mobile Librarian" project by Monday May 6th, I have two articles to finish for consideration of publication, my work office looks like a "war-zone", I may have missed a serious deadline of a project I am working on, I've been invited to consider another speaking engagement, and, and, and, the list goes on and on and on......

All of these things to do before my new position begins on 01 July 2007! It's all good...(as my daughter tells me every so often). Somewhere in the midst of this, there is quiet contemplation. I am at peace knowing that I will get it all done, and still come out on top of my "game". I joined a couple of listservs recently and man, do I have a lot more messages to respond to. The discussions are insightful and I am finding that they are giving me ideas as to what I can incorporate in the Fall as the new "First Year Experience" Librarian.

I found the following articles/blogs helpful in compiling my Bibliography for one of the articles I am working on:

Easily Distracted: Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects (Blog)

"A Thing I've Learned about Teaching"
http://weblogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=63

Change is not always as good as a rest: How college faculty deal with changes in higher education
By Alan Clements
Times Higher Education Supplement 0049-3929
July 5, 2002, 545, p20 (1).

New Tech for the Virtual Classroom by Matthew Scnittman
BizEd., Vol. 6 (1), (2007), pg.56.