My overall experience with PLMI

I truly enjoyed everything about my first week of PLMI, except from being away from my family. I met some amazing people and got some amazing ideas from them. Heather and Laura made the non-stop learning bearable and not quite so overwhelming. I look forward to using the things we learned in everyday situations.

Day 4

My group's teaching topic was on control. I learned that it's alright to control people and things as long as we are not being controlling. I also learned that when organizing you need the right ingredients to get the job done properly.

Today's speaker

     Today’s speaker was amazing! I was surprised to learn that instead of helping people by doing things for them I have been making them fell worse. And although it will be hard I will no longer run to the rescue and save someone, but instead I will help them to find ways to solve their own problems and guide them in their choices.  I also learned that by not taking care of my needs first I will eventually begin to resent my job.

A little about Angela

Angela was married for 20 years and 11 months and has two boys that are 18 and 17. She also has two cats and one dog. She has worked in a library for six years. Her dream job is to be a professional philanthropist, but if she didn’t have to work she would spend all of her time working in her flower garden and organizing her house. When she was a little girl growing up on a farm she wanted to be a forensic person.

          Although Angela wouldn’t mind living off the grid, she thinks telephones are the greatest invention because it connects people. If she had to live in the sea she would be a seahorse. If she had to change her name it would be to Jenna, although people often confuse her with Susan from the television show Designing Women. The weirdest food she has ever eaten is alligator, but the thought of eating snake scares her. Angela thinks the best way to cook a raccoon would be to roast it over n open fire, but she would settle for a turkey sandwich if she had to.

          The farthest Angela has ever traveled is Louisiana. If she could go anywhere, with anyone, it would be to Alaska with her husband. She looks forward to witnessing the birth of her first grandchild, but if giving one wish it would be to have her husband alive and healthy.

I am statement

     I am the director of the Baxter Branch Library. I am a library advocate and community leader. I believe that everyone deserves respect and has the right to knowledge and I will do my best to see they get it. I will find ways to be out in the community more, so that I can tell others about the library.  I will also make sure that I listen to what  people want in a library and do my best to make it happen.
    

Today was the first day of PLMI. The speakers today were informative and well spoken. I enjoyed learning the history of the regional library, as well as some of the history of the libraries of my fellow librarians here with me. I agree with Don Reynolds about how we should treat our "customers". Everyone deserves respect and kindness.