by Well, I suppose it’s that time to the obligatory end/new year post. What a year 2011 was, filled with high and low points, change, excitement, conferences, networking and more.
I’m not one for resolutions but I do have a number of things I’m looking forward to this year. One of my goals is to learn more about programming. While this is particularly important in my new role, I don’t seem to be alone in this goal. I signed up to learn code in a year with CodeAcademy – over 100 000 others also signed up within 48 hours and I’m not the only librarian. Even if I was in my old position as a liaison, I think I would have learned more about coding. As more of our world is about interacting with technology, I think it’s important to have a basic understanding of what’s going on. We need to be able to talk with other coherently if we want our library resources to function in ways that make sense to the user (stress on the to the user part, something we don’t seem to be great at yet). If you know of other good training opportunities, lemme know.
I will have another full plate this year – we’re going through strategic planning and I’ve got some lofty plans I hope we can accomplish this year: a new CMS, moving forward with mobile resources for the library and more. I also have a number of research interests, including responsive web design in libraries – if you’re doing something with this, lemme know, I’d love to chat. I’m finishing up as President of OLITA and slipping into the less demanding role of past president/treasurer this year – a great group that I highly recommend and will be posting more on in the future about my time as pres.
And of course, I’ll be learning more and settling into my new job. It’s hard to believe I’ve been here 2 months. Still lots to learn!
So, 2012, bring it!
