tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306775539495667660.post437323828915155868..comments2009-11-22T18:01:06.586-06:00Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921984334411194299aspringer@csbsju.eduBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306775539495667660.post-79380145690415293202009-11-22T18:01:06.586-06:002009-11-22T18:01:06.586-06:00Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? <br />Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306775539495667660.post-44945639207941914892008-08-13T19:39:00.000-05:002008-08-13T19:39:00.000-05:00I realized that I never replied to "DontNeedRealityCheckLib." Thank you so much for your insight! <BR/><BR/>It's really sad that wanting a work/life balance has such a negative connotation.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921984334411194299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306775539495667660.post-34134053970883120472008-05-06T21:10:00.000-05:002008-05-06T21:10:00.000-05:00Wanting a work-life balance is hardly unique to Gen X and Gen Y. LOTS of us in the Boom and post boom also want a LIFE in addition to our work. We've just always been taught that <BR/><BR/>wanting balance <BR/>= being disloyal to the institution<BR/>= being lazy<BR/>= lacking commitment<BR/>= lacking ambition<BR/><BR/>We were taught that what we do is so fine, so noble, and so all-important, that we should be willing to do it for free. Administration won't fund the extra 20 hour position that we need? Well, we should all just be willing to work that extra 20 hours a week for free.<BR/><BR/>Don't drink the kool-aid Gen X and Gen Y! You can change the management culture for your generations, remove the stigma of wanting work-life balance, and make libraries a more humane workplace for everyone. <BR/><BR/>As the burdens of administration fall on your shoulders, you'll be just fine, and so will Library Landia. This boomer won't be at all surprised by that.DontNeedRealityCheckLibnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306775539495667660.post-2416503793585251632008-05-05T11:53:00.000-05:002008-05-05T11:53:00.000-05:00Tiffany, I like how you said "solved the mystery," because I do not think that libraries can ever truly be "solved." Times change, and libraries must adjust again and again. Our patrons/clients also change (generationally), and then, we must change our style to accommodate their needs. Thank you for commenting.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13921984334411194299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6306775539495667660.post-3172187240549881572008-05-05T07:11:00.000-05:002008-05-05T07:11:00.000-05:00I also think that the ACRLog article presupposes that the "old guard" of library directors already has solved the mystery of how to manage a library. Perhaps some of the disillusionment from younger generations has more to do with the fact that older styles of management seem to be slightly out of step with the current needs of libraries and the rates at which these needs change.Tiffanynoreply@blogger.com