Libraries, the universe and everything

As I may already have mentioned around here, 2016 is my year as President of SLA New York. Even now, one month in (and following an entire year as President-Elect), I’m still somewhat overwhelmed, both by the responsibility and the by honour of it all. Me, a leader, in New York – surely that’s impossible? My impostor syndrome is being well-and-truly stomped on, however – despite what I might try to convince myself to the contrary, the fact of the matter is that I was asked to take on the position and I am going to do my absolute best to live up to it. To be perfectly honest, I’m excited about the challenge. Continue reading →

My first public duty as Chapter President was to write an introduction for our e-newsletter. Getting this right was really important to me – many of our members don’t know me well (if at all) so I wanted to make sure that they had a clear sense of what I stand for and what I hope to achieve this year. Also, one of my biggest goals for the year is that our actions and processes should be as transparent as possible, and this seemed like a good way to start. I’m reposting it here mainly as a reminder for myself – in it I made a number of promises to the chapter membership and I want to keep myself accountable – and also because it encapsulates my thinking at the start of my presidential year, and I want to be able to look back in 12 months and see if anything changes. Continue reading →