As some of you may know, I’m a busy person. I travel for my job, write, and am on two boards (the library and the library friends.) In between two board meetings yesterday I started talking with two other friends board members about how all three of us we of that type that found it difficult to say ‘no’ to things. One of the two women I was talking to said that the problem was actually that too many other people had figured out that we don’t say ‘no’. The other woman then corrected both of us and said that the real problem was that ‘not enough people say yes.’ I think she’s got a point. What are you doing to help your community?
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
View all posts by Michael Sauers
