Tonight's librarian's meetup reinforced a number of things for me:
1) Mentors are amazing things. It is so wonderful to be able to sit and talk with someone you look up to, who is doing things in her career you would love to one day get to, and hear about all the really cool things that are going on in the field
2) I really really need to get better at remembering people's names and knowing the major players in the field. I have to start getting out there and networking more and figuring out who's who. It really is a very small field and everyone really does seem to know everyone else.
3) Who the director of the library or library system you are working for makes a big difference (not that there are going to be _so_ many choices when I graduate or that many places I'll be willing to live, but I also have to keep this in mind or I'll end up some place that I won't enjoy)
4) I really need to return the materials I borrowed from HQ for my library buildings class (oops)
We're meeting again next month on June 16 -- I hope a few more people will come along!
Posted by Emily at May 19, 2005 09:11 PM