Comments for The Leapin' Librarian

Comment on Baby steps… by helene

helene — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:27:45 +0000

ditto! Hope all is well. Happy 1st xmas with the little one – how fun!

Comment on Baby steps… by Jenian

Jenian — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:31:11 +0000

Good to see LL back!

I’ve been wondering — is web 2.0 the adolescence of the internet? A time of scope and honing skills rather than just raw growth?

Tough to say where 2.0 falls in the life cycle of the invention.

Comment on Books should be checked out; NOT Librarians by Abequetes

Abequetes — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:51:19 +0000

Thanks for the post

Comment on Library Envy, Part 2 by Carrie Scarr

Carrie Scarr — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:36:20 +0000

Envy isn’t a bad thing, especially when you’re talking about the Queens Library!

Comment on CODI 2007 – Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians by facts interesting

facts interesting — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:40:57 +0000

Couldn’t imagine how would a better writer of skill would write.

Comment on NCLA 2007 – Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians by Lori Reed

Lori Reed — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:16:28 +0000

That’s a really great idea–printing these and posting on bulletin boards! Thanks for sharing!

Comment on The new face of customer service by Info Junkie: More customer service thoughts

Info Junkie: More customer service thoughts — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:30:58 +0000

[...] for more great thoughts on customer service in libraries check out the posts by The Leapin’ Librarian and Helene Blowers. Leapin’ Librarian writes about radical trust and not putting library “rules” [...]

Comment on You can’t go home again by Corinne

Corinne — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:45:35 +0000

I, too, was at John’s funeral. Simply devastating. I was at John and Izzy’s wedding – the youngest one there, barely walking. Can’t believe he is gone.

Comment on Who is she that leaps? by leapinlibrarian

leapinlibrarian — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:42:29 +0000

Dear “Lost”,

Might I suggest a quick perusal at Amazon.com? There are loads of very reasonably priced books (under $5) on the topic of “Marriage and Humor” – although I think your wife could probably write a book of her own on this topic. Shipping is often free in the continental US – would GuadaLaHabra qualify?
If this doesn’t appeal to you, then I’d say go for cheap jewelry – which is also abundant at Amazon. I found a cute “I heart my husband” pendant for only $3.99! And with your wife being so festiduious in her grooming and hygene, I’m sure her neck won’t turn green from the metal reaction for several months at least.

Best of luck to you!
-Leapin’

…and for those who are completed confused, rest assured I do know “Lost”, and is the person responsible for encouraging the first date between he and my darling best friend ‘lo these 10+ years ago…

Comment on Putting the “I” back in IT by Emily C

Emily C — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:03:43 +0000

LOL I hear you!
What about cooperation? Teamwork? These are concepts they teach my son in preschool, and I feel like lots of librarians and IT folks alike have forgotten those lessons. Can’t we all just get along… and get ourselves to a point where we can listen to one another, think outside of the job description box, and see the value in collaboration? Two heads are better than one and other such cliches…

As for learning from one another… I think the “experts” have a lot to learn from the “non-experts”- especially when it comes to designing services that should appeal to the general public.