Here goes nothing!
1) Your One Sentence Bio
I'm a zany archivist in the middle of Georgia.
2) Do you blog? If yes, how did you come up with your blog name?
Yes, I found "superstar" when looking for "words ending in -ar" that I could add to "archivist."
3) What is your professional background?
Music librarian/archivist at a music museum, archivist of popular music collection at a state university, now a university archivist.
4) What training do you do? staff? patrons? types of classes?
I'm not really a trainer, but I do work with student assistants in the archives and teach the occasional instruction session for undergraduates.
5) What training do you think is most important to libraries right now?
I'm a big fan of anything that takes trainees (in my case, students) to the next level of independence and helps them find things on their own.
6) Where do you get your training?
Workshops and listening to the "T is for Training" podcast.
7) How do you keep up?
I don't; I do use RSS feeds and other people's FriendFeed links, though, to see what's happening.
8) What do you think are the biggest challenges libraries are facing right now?
Lack of financial resources and a fear of change among some of our leadership.
9) What are biggest challenges for trainers?
See number 8.
10) What exciting things are you doing training wise?
Nothing I can think of, but I'm looking forward to going to a workshop next month on undergraduate research.
11) What do you wish were you doing?
Right this minute, I'd rather be sitting on a beach.
12) What would you do with a badger?
I would feed it very carefully.
13) What's your favorite food?
Anything chocolate.
14) If you were stranded on an island, what one thing would you want to have with you?
A potable water treatment system.
15) Do you know what happens when a grasshopper kicks all the seeds out of a pickle?
Seven redheaded unicorns, because a ladder goes two ways.
16) Post it notes or the back of your hand?
Post-its; I have a thing for office supplies.
17) Windows or Mac?
Windows.
18) Talk about one training moment you'd like to forget?
Can't think of anything right now.
19) What's your take on handshakes?
I prefer hugs.
20) Global warming: yes or no?
On a cold day like today, I say, "Bring it on!"
21) How did you get into this line of work?
I've posted about it before.
22) Why is the best part of your job?
I'm guessing Maurice really means "what" instead of "why," and I'll say it's the wide variety of things I get to do.
23) Why should someone else follow in your shoes?
If you have a passion for connecting researchers with sources, archives are a great place to work.
24) Sushi or hamburger?
Hamburger, please, with cheese.
25) LSW or ALA?
LSW, of course!
26) What one person in the world do you want to have lunch with and why?
My friend Angie in Colorado; I haven't seen her in almost 20 years, and we need to catch up.
27) What cell phone do you have and why?
A Samsung Juke; I wanted one I could use as an mp3 player, and I really like it.
I'm a zany archivist in the middle of Georgia.
2) Do you blog? If yes, how did you come up with your blog name?
Yes, I found "superstar" when looking for "words ending in -ar" that I could add to "archivist."
3) What is your professional background?
Music librarian/archivist at a music museum, archivist of popular music collection at a state university, now a university archivist.
4) What training do you do? staff? patrons? types of classes?
I'm not really a trainer, but I do work with student assistants in the archives and teach the occasional instruction session for undergraduates.
5) What training do you think is most important to libraries right now?
I'm a big fan of anything that takes trainees (in my case, students) to the next level of independence and helps them find things on their own.
6) Where do you get your training?
Workshops and listening to the "T is for Training" podcast.
7) How do you keep up?
I don't; I do use RSS feeds and other people's FriendFeed links, though, to see what's happening.
8) What do you think are the biggest challenges libraries are facing right now?
Lack of financial resources and a fear of change among some of our leadership.
9) What are biggest challenges for trainers?
See number 8.
10) What exciting things are you doing training wise?
Nothing I can think of, but I'm looking forward to going to a workshop next month on undergraduate research.
11) What do you wish were you doing?
Right this minute, I'd rather be sitting on a beach.
12) What would you do with a badger?
I would feed it very carefully.
13) What's your favorite food?
Anything chocolate.
14) If you were stranded on an island, what one thing would you want to have with you?
A potable water treatment system.
15) Do you know what happens when a grasshopper kicks all the seeds out of a pickle?
Seven redheaded unicorns, because a ladder goes two ways.
16) Post it notes or the back of your hand?
Post-its; I have a thing for office supplies.
17) Windows or Mac?
Windows.
18) Talk about one training moment you'd like to forget?
Can't think of anything right now.
19) What's your take on handshakes?
I prefer hugs.
20) Global warming: yes or no?
On a cold day like today, I say, "Bring it on!"
21) How did you get into this line of work?
I've posted about it before.
22) Why is the best part of your job?
I'm guessing Maurice really means "what" instead of "why," and I'll say it's the wide variety of things I get to do.
23) Why should someone else follow in your shoes?
If you have a passion for connecting researchers with sources, archives are a great place to work.
24) Sushi or hamburger?
Hamburger, please, with cheese.
25) LSW or ALA?
LSW, of course!
26) What one person in the world do you want to have lunch with and why?
My friend Angie in Colorado; I haven't seen her in almost 20 years, and we need to catch up.
27) What cell phone do you have and why?
A Samsung Juke; I wanted one I could use as an mp3 player, and I really like it.
1 comment:
Popular music archivist - that sounds like it must have been fun. I have been kicking around an idea of starting some kind of pre-MySpace era garage band archives . . .
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