What has Mae West got to do with Libraries?
10 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Infobyte, Professionalism, Scarlettlibrarian Tags: librarianship, Professionalism, reflection
How can I follow that last post with Mae West?
I like her quote below and I think what I’ve just achieved adheres to it! Having chosen to walk away from my library role in order to love libraries, may seem a rash decision to some people. I’ve blogged before about taking risks and veering ever so slightly from my chosen ‘career’ path (children, transport etc), so really this is well within character for me. All I would say is that I eventually found myself in an impossible situation where I felt under pressure to not advocate libraries/library roles (etc etc) and not have any interest in the library/information sphere. So I have moved to a different administrative role outside of the education sector, in order to allow myself the liberty to advocate what I want!
‘Whenever I’m caught between two evils, I take the one I’ve never tried before’ Mae West
What positive thing can I take with me from all of this?
My CV looks good 
I’ve had time to develop my twitter contacts – Library and ’40s: excellent time given over to networking
I’ve had a huge learning curve on knowing the sort of people I like to work with….and
I have a skills set:
- Problem solving
- Adaptable/flexibility in work environment
- Research and development
- Project management
- Leadership and team work
- Records management
- Evidence Based Practice foundation skills
- IT and Information management
