My fellow young librarians and library workers:
I am now accepting submissions for an idea that I have been bouncing around for some time now. The Young Librarian Series is is a multimedia project. The basis is going to be a series of video interviews and guest posts on a blog graciously being hosted at tametheweb blogs. (ty Michael!!) Our themes will be generations in the library and being a Gen Y and young Gen X librarian; our experiences, our triumphs, struggles, cool projects that you might want to highlight and so on.
Items the you might want to consider submitting: generational based posts, library inspired art projects, new media projects, such as videos, podcasts, or a created resource. Really the sky is the limit here and I’m very excited to see what people have to contribute.
The goal of The Young Librarian Series is to provide a sense of community for young librarians. A place for us to collaborate, to center ourselves in the field. To brainstorm. To think. To discuss and empower.
My guidelines are basic: you must be a part of Generation Y or young-ish Gen X, so 40 and under. If you just want to bounce ideas off me and send a proposal, that is more than welcome. I don’t care what font you use. I don’t care if there are one inch margins. I want to hear about your ideas, your experiences. And your fellow young librarians want to hear from you as well.
Please note: If I have spoken to you about doing an interview or contributing, its time to start formulating some ideas. Send me an email with any and all questions.
The email: younglibrarianseries[at]gmail[dot]com
hearts,
leah the librarian!
12 responses so far ↓
Mandy // August 12, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Sounds neat…I’m a young Librarian; I’ll be interested to see what’s one here. lmk if you need an article or so.
yolaleah // August 12, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Mandy you are more than welcome to submit a proposal! Send me an email with your ideas! younglibrarianseries@gmail.com
sherry // August 12, 2009 at 2:43 pm
I like your idea. I am Gen X and have been in the library business for almost 15 years. I started as a page and now am a director, and have done every job in between. I am interested in contributing. What sort of things are you looking for specifically?
yolaleah // August 12, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I’m looking for a variety of things and I’m very open to suggestions. You could think about writing a guest post on managing multiple generations or discuss some cool things that you have done at your library. If you have a resource that you are specifically proud of or a podcast that you want to share…those would also work. And also just some good writing.
If you are interested in submitting a post/essay please keep in mind that I want things to be in a readable format. Think about how people read online. Short paragraphs. A couple screens at the most. You are more than welcome to shoot me some ideas!
Jim // August 13, 2009 at 6:54 am
Hey! I’m in the “young-ish Gen X” category, so count me in. I’m the Technology Coordinator for our library and take care of all the IT/Tech Services stuff. I am heavily involved in our teen/tween programming (mostly video gaming, but other things as well
). I maintain a blog about my experiences at http://jimmythegeek.livejournal.com if you are interested!
yolaleah // August 13, 2009 at 7:32 am
Hey Jim! Definitely interesting! Shoot me an email at younglibrarianseries@gmail.com with some ideas! Love the livejournal blog. * subscribed*
Alison // August 13, 2009 at 9:03 am
sounds like a great idea! I especially like the idea of something created for online – its a lot easier at times to find time to write the equivalent of a blog post, than to try and write an entire essay on the same subject! (at least for those of us with way too many interests and commitments to find a lot of time outside of work to write!) I will be thinking and sending something hopefully soon. At the moment I may be siding towards something about how young librarians are constantly mistaken for students – just because a friend just had a funny story happen again, and I certainly have gotten a lot of it!
yolaleah // August 13, 2009 at 9:13 am
Alison – that sounds wonderful! I look forward to hearing from you!
Sesheta // August 14, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Sounds like a something I would be interested. I am a young librarian, in fact, when I started I was the youngest at my library… although a few yeas have passed and some new youngin’s have come a long I love networking with like minds. Whatever you need let me know.
yolaleah // August 14, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Great Sesheta! You are more than welcome to submit any ideas you might have! Just shoot me an email!
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eileen // September 10, 2009 at 8:26 am
I love it!!!