Comments on: Chutes and ladders

By: Abigail

Abigail — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:26:37 +0000

Congratulations on your new job! I’ve appreciated your honesty on your blog about your career advancements and the trials and tribulations of progressing in librarianship. It’s wonderful to hear of this new opportunity for you!

By: Lori Bell

Lori Bell — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:15:40 +0000

Congratulations on your new job! It sounds perfect for you

By: Talking Books Librarian

Talking Books Librarian — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:46:34 +0000

Way to go! Best wishes in your new position! I hope this means you will still keep blogging though!

I especially like your comment, “The people you live around, the environment you’re in… it makes such a tremendous difference.” This is so true. We used to live in a huge city and it was a constant rat-race. We are now in a small town, and it is ideal for us right now. Will we ever live in a huge city again? Maybe, maybe not… Who knows what the future holds… what is right for people at one time in their lives may or may not be what they need at another time in their lives. And for you, it sounds like you are right where you need to be!!! Congrats!

-Talking Books Librarian http://talkingbookslibrarian.blogspot.com/

By: Kathryn Greenhill

Kathryn Greenhill — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:22:39 +0000

Congratulations. I’m really glad that you’ve found something that matches your skillset, your ambitions and your life outside libraries. And congratulations to your director for recognising it.

Wow! It will be interesting interviewing someone to do your old job….

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:36:52 +0000

Whoops, meant to add on a congratulations to the end of that…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:36:32 +0000

Does this mean that we have to harass another person for MMH?

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:56:29 +0000

I have read your blog for quite a while now but never commented. I wanted to let you know that your own journey is so similar to what many other new-ish librarians are going through. Unfortunately, many of us are in institutions that actively discourage making your own path to “success” and do not respect staff’s hopes and ambitions. Those of us in that situation start to feel beaten down, and we start to believe that our goals are impossible and, worst of all, silly. This is why I love reading your blog. You remind the rest of us that work does NOT have to be a stale and stifling proposition. Sure, you need to stay open to possibilities and switch gears when needed, but there ARE workplaces, colleagues, and supervisors who listen and want to work with you to help you get where you want to go. Kudos to you for showing us all what a lot of hope, hard work, and the courage to ask for what you want can do!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:09:54 +0000

Ah, sounds like justice is served; so I second Dorothea. That big ARL library should’ve known better but then who can blame them for trying.

Defining words for other folks is always a classy way to behave. And if one is driven to do so then at least they could be bothered to look it up in a reputable dictionary and find out that they are really defining other words that are wrapped up in the one they thought they were shoving down your throat.

You have already achieved distinction in your field; now it is up to you (as it *always* has been) to define success for yourself. That you will achieve it I have no doubt.

Congrats, Meredith!

By: Dorothea Salo

Dorothea Salo — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:38:35 +0000

Sounds like everybody wins. I like to see that.

By: Mark K.

Mark K. — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:06:26 +0000

Congratulations, and I’m glad you’ve been given the opportunity to be a supervisor at your library after all!