(Dis)Association
Free Range Librarian
by K.G. Schneider
5y ago
Walking two roses to their new home, where they would be planted in the front yard. I have been reflecting on the future of a national association I belong to that has struggled with relevancy and with closing the distance between itself and its members, has distinct factions that differ on fundamental matters of values, faces declining national and chapter membership, needs to catch up on the technology curve, has sometimes problematic vendor relationships, struggles with member demographics and diversity,  and has an uneven and sometimes conflicting national message and an awkward at bes ..read more
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I have measured out my life in Doodle polls
Free Range Librarian
by K.G. Schneider
5y ago
You know that song? The one you really liked the first time you heard it? And even the fifth or fifteenth? But now your skin crawls when you hear it? That’s me and Doodle. In the last three months I have filled out at least a dozen Doodle polls for various meetings outside my organization. I complete these polls at work, where my two-monitor setup means I can review my Outlook calendar while scrolling through a Doodle poll with dozens of date and time options. I don’t like to inflict Doodle polls on our library admin because she has her hands full enough, including managing my real calenda ..read more
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Memento DMV
Free Range Librarian
by K.G. Schneider
5y ago
This morning I spent 40 minutes in the appointment line at the Santa Rosa DMV to get my license renewed and converted to REAL ID, but was told I was “too early” to renew my license, which expires in September, so I have to return after I receive my renewal notice. I could have converted to REAL ID today, but I would still need to return to renew my license, at least as it was explained to me, and I do hope that was correct. CC BY 4.0, https://wellcomecollection.org/works/m8wh2kmc But–speaking as a librarian, and therefore from a profession steeped in resource management–I predict chaos ..read more
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An Old-Skool Blog Post
Free Range Librarian
by K.G. Schneider
5y ago
I get up early these days and get stuff done — banking and other elder-care tasks for my mother, leftover work from the previous day, association or service work. A lot of this is writing, but it’s not writing. I have a half-dozen unfinished blog posts in WordPress, and even more in my mind. I map them out and they are huge topics, so then I don’t write them. But looking back at the early days of this blog — 15 years ago! — I didn’t write long posts. I still wrote long-form for other media, but my blog posts were very much in the moment. So this is an old-skool post designed to ease me ..read more
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