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I headed back to Maine today, after quite the trip to Washington DC. I was part of the Maine delegations for ALA’s National Library Legislative Day. In a nutshell, this meant that on Monday I attended meetings where ALA leaders went over the main things they wanted members of Congress to be aware of. Different legislative efforts and funding changes. I also met with the other 5 members from Maine, and we figured out how best to approach Tuesday, where we met with each of our representatives. A few observations on those meetings. First off, I was amazed at how […]

The beginning of the semester is well past, and it’s high time my radio/podcast show started up again, right? Right. We did a series of interviews with authors on campus at the end of last semester, and we’re finally starting to post them week by week. Today’s interview is with Peter Hardy, an author and mathematics professor and all around great guy. Check it out!

One of the big announcements at Maine Library Association’s annual conference in November was that the Maine State Library had commissioned a survey to find out how trusted our profession is. Apparently there’s a common survey done every year to look at the reputations of many professions, from lawyers to nurses to car salesmen and everything in between. Except librarians. We’ve never been included in the survey, and this was an attempt to correct that. The result? Librarians are the second most trusted profession in Maine. Right behind nurses, and ahead of pharmacists, medical doctors, and high school teachers. 78%

Happy Tuesday, everybody! Remember last year when I was doing the weekly radio show for the library? Ever wonder what happened with that? Wonder no more. I loved doing the show, but the time we were on wasn’t exactly making it so many people could listen. Taking an hour out of my week to be on the radio was certainly fun, but without anyone listening, I couldn’t really justify keeping it up. We talked to the radio folks, and they agreed (generously) to let us record our show ahead of time and then play it on the air during our