Enter the alchemist

Here I am, somewhat late to the 2.0 party, but fashionably so, I hope!  This is my professional space for charting the learning curve on my brand new job – after three years of reader’s advisory service, I’ve taken a position that combines traditional reference work and explorations of 2.0 technology/apps.  Exciting stuff, hence my appropriation of the term “alchemist.”  Like the often-misunderstood scientists of yore, librarians meld a variety of elements to deliver, hopefully, a gold standard of service.  It’s our “great work,” and we are the last great generalists!

Wikipedia’s definition of the term may shed more light on my rationale – read it your ownself, and see how it serves.  Starting tomorrow, I’ll jump right into the “things I do all day” portion of the program.  And from there?  Well, just about anything could happen.

2 Comments

  1. danharms said,

    September 21, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    I think it’s typical to leave some sort of ad for Russian car deals in this area.

    No, this looks like a fine professional blog, and I hope it’s a grand success.

  2. LAV said,

    September 24, 2007 at 11:46 am

    Thanks, Dan! Decidedly appreciated. Just getting a comment made me realize I’d better go back and check links and typos. :)


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