tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56362569251384379332012-02-16T02:51:43.946-05:00Doing technical stuff downstairs."Sonny Hill"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14811911804793103532noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636256925138437933.post-69984300876552823232008-03-31T21:15:00.004-04:002008-03-31T21:43:03.060-04:00So I finally got back to visiting my fledgling blog, and now I've been shamed into adding my second post in as many months by the <a href="http://effinglibrarian.blogspot.com/">Effing Librarian</a>, whose pointy comment also disabused me of the notion that I could use the "Royal we" as our personal pronoun of choice. The fact is, I wasn't sure if this was really something I intended to maintain at all...<br /><br />See, I only even became aware of Blogspot's existence in my MLIS "InfoTech" course, which required that we start our very own blog, so I only whipped together this snazzy setup for a screenshot I could forward to my instructor. I was fairly intrigued by the idea of passing the time at library-work and library-school with my musings on the industry or profession or whatever "we" call it, and spent a good several of those same work/school hours dreaming up posts that would herald the arrival of an engaging new personality on the, hmm, countercultural-library-blogger scene?<br /><br />... and then the days slipped by, and those daydreams faded, and so here I am a month later, blubbering and trying to explain myself. Can I get away with claiming that my "full-time" MLIS studies have kept me too busy? Nah, didn't think so... Okay, maybe I'm just lazy. Got me there, EL.<br /><br />But here I am bored in class again, and I think I'll try to keep this up, however sporadically. I've spent a ton of time in every corner of your basic library, whether it's public or academic, as both patron and <a href="http://annoyedlibrarian.blogspot.com/2008/03/librarians-and-librarians.html">paycheck-earning-individual</a>, and I've got a few things to get off my chest in an anonymous forum such as this. And pretty soon I'll be a degreed professional in an administrative position with a lot less to do, so I'll have lots of time to kill. See you next month!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5636256925138437933-6998430087655282323?l=librarianinthebasement.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>"Sonny Hill"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14811911804793103532noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636256925138437933.post-18034810356745761682008-02-27T10:06:00.011-05:002008-03-31T21:42:35.766-04:00Well, we've come up with a catchy name that denotes our place in the library world, selected a template that generically reflects our aesthetic sensibility, arranged a couple doodads on the page to make it look like there's actually something going on here. We've been surfing the webs for tips on starting and maintaining and promoting a blog, and we've got a decade's worth of librarying to weigh in on.<br /><br />So... now all that's left for us to do is... start blogging?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5636256925138437933-1803481035674576168?l=librarianinthebasement.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>"Sonny Hill"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14811911804793103532noreply@blogger.com2