I so share your sentiments. This comment, in particular, raises a important concern, with profound implications:

“One of the hardest things I had to do was to adjust to working from home, it felt like an […]

That’s a really interesting observation. There is an intensity to human interaction that can be taxing. Finding ways to process those experiences, especially the difficult ones, can be hard. Can’t imagine what […]

It’s really interesting to think of librarians as community story tellers as you put it, “As librarians, our job can be thought of as being educators outside of a school environment, but we can also think of […]

Thank you, Sarah. Yeah. Sometimes, it just feels like I’m treading water… just keeping up. I’m also slow…takes me a while to process my thoughts and information, especially when it involves writing.

Thank you for the suggestions! 🙂 I’ll check them out. Guess I’m a little behind the curve.

Thank you,Emrys! I agree that it’s important to find the right balance. It’s an interesting challenge to be both a pubic space, that affords privacy as well. I do think introverts (speaking as one) sometimes […]

hmmm…. I wonder if we’re in the same class. I’m also in a class that feels like a constant deluge. It’s been brutal, incredibly stressful, and unnecessarily confusing. I also looked at a youtube video to help […]

Hi Angela,

I really loved your idea of the library as that “third place” in people’s lives — an unstructured space for learning not predetermined by others. I definitely appreciated this observation: […]

This is great as are the other resources others have mentioned! Thank you everyone! 🙂

Feeling very much the same. It feels very unsettled and uncertain… Thank you for reaching out and voicing what I and so many others I believe are sensing.

Thank you! Thank you! 🙂

I read this observation and thought: Yes!

“We live in a world where corporations are given the rights of people and are arguably more powerful than nations. The drive of our growth economy leaves libraries as […]

Hi Angela,
I had not realized this:
Thomas Wilburn wrote that “Digital titles are often three to five times more expensive than physical books, and unlike physical books (which can be borrowed hundreds of t […]

This has to be the most amazing job description I have ever seen. They’re usually so dry. I loved the part about risk taking and “creating a culture of trust and collaboration.” I don’t think I’ve seen “learn […]