A surprising* number** of people*** are upset by the idea of a Code of Conduct/Statement of Appropriate Conduct/Anti-Harassment Policy (which I’ll refer to as “a CoC” or “CoCs” for the rest of the post). And, although I am unequivocally in favor of CoCs and generally frustrated when they are received…
With all the health issues (and the cost of all the health issues) and everything, it would be really tempting to write off 2013 as a “rebuilding year,” and I won’t lie: those words have escaped my lips. Maybe as recently as yesterday, when I found out that the Prednisone…
Honestly, at the beginning of November, I wasn’t feeling that thankful. I was (unbeknownst to myself at the time, and knock on wood in the hopes that it’s really true) at the end of a very, very bad year, which started with an unexplained pain in my left foot beginning last fall and went through a series of stages, from hip pain starting sometime before ALA Midwinter, through [what should have been] a minor thumb injury that ended up costing me a lot of the use of my dominant hand for several months. There was some other pain in other places in there, too. There was a significant period where, between the hand and the hip (and maybe the shoulder?), even getting dressed was a challenge for me.
If you’re just joining in, here are parts one, two, three, and four. A number of other comments came up, which I think merit repeating, but which I wouldn’t say were themes, per se: There are people who join professional associations for help getting jobs – networking, getting better known…
If you’re just joining in, here’s the intro, plus parts two and three. “It’s easier than ever to create engaged groups of people without a significant financial or time expenditure.” – Jacob Munford The theme I’m calling “the greater good” was more of a driver than I had expected,…
If you’re just joining in, here’s an intro and the previous theme. “I prefer to pay dues for organizations that I’m actively participating in (presenting or attending conferences, committee work). If a year goes by and I haven’t done anything with the organization, I drop the membership.” – Karen Keys…
Part one of this series is here. “I appreciate the bigger ethic of these organizations promoting my profession, but they also don’t help pay my rent so I have to take it with a grain of salt.” – Kim Baker Perhaps it’s appropriate that the issue rising to the…
I asked a question (and shared my answer) here, back in September: why do (or don’t) you pay dues to professional organizations? I got answers about a wide variety of associations, but my particular interests were the American Library Association and state library associations. I got more comments than I…
I’m working on a post about professional association involvement, but honestly I got sidetracked by some other projects, including the LITA Forum. And the post is taking forever, because, seriously, it turns out that people had a lot to say. I think it’s going to be several posts, over the…
