In my post last week about skills and titles for libraries, I asked librarians what their secret or unofficial title is at work. The inspiration for looking at “secret titles” came from Rands in Repose. Of the librarians that responded to my survey, over 1/3 felt their title did not match well with what they actually did at work.

Below are some of my favorite unofficial titles that people wrote. (more…)

Last week we talked about libraries, specifically what is and isn’t a library. This week I’m interested in looking at what skills librarians need.

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