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Bad bosses, and owning it right on past them
There are so many ways in which a supervisor can be ineffective: The boss who gives employees little direction, few expectations and no timeline, then erupts into a rage when work doesn’t meet a very...
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Coworker drama: keeping it professional and staying sane
Everyone is not going to like you. You are not going to like everyone. The more difficult you find those facts to accept, the more likely you are to find yourself losing sleep, or dreading going to...
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Handling a difficult situation for 8.3% of us: Unemployment
I thought I would finish Mental Health Break with a field report from the other side of librarianship: the side where one is not a librarian at all. I recently described myself as an “information...
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New to Lulu: Weekend Inspiration No. 1
One of my favorite bloggers, Garance Doré, posts Weekend Inspirations. They’re just pictures, no text, and they don’t always have anything to do with the last, or the next post. But, they’re the...
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Coding for n00bz: librarians as masters of their domains
Hey, look, a selection of software books from the early-mid 2000s from a library that shall remain unnamed. Quaint, no? I’m pro print materials, but in the case of teaching yourself how to code, why...
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Dr. Meg on how to be a great professor
I have never taught a full semester course. I’m not even Dr. Meg, it’s just what my friends in my AP US Government class called me in high school. But, I have gone to school a few times. From my...
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Like a boss: Everything you need to know about being a manager can be learned...
Whether or not you’re a baseball fan, or even a sports fan, there’s something to be learned about managing from a profession driven by men called Managers. They might not always choose their staffs,...
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Fashionably late to the library Twitter game?
So, you and your library are not on Twitter. Big deal, right? Professional sporting events, political debates, award shows and cable news are pre-hashtagged, but what does it mean for you? If you’re...
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