Gloom, despair and agony on me...

...because I'm a librarian. I didn't realize it when I started this profession but there are a lot of negative thinkers in this profession. Granted things are totally rosy for libraries as funding cuts are always happening and services have to be cut to fit available budgets but it's not the end of libraries!

The newest gloom and doom is the fiasco with ebooks in libraries. Only 2 of what is considered the "Big Six" of book publishers allows libraries to purchase their ebooks for lending and one of them has a circulation limit on their books that would require libraries to reorder. As a result the library blogs and publications are once again facing the negative and wanting to fight back. Well I'm all for getting everything we can for our patrons but at the same time I realize that we CAN'T get EVERYTHING for our patrons so we provide what we can and work to keep growing and serving.

I realize that I'm not always the most positive person around but I've really noticed that other people's  attitudes really impact my own. Yes I know I'm responsible for my own actions and attitude and no can make me have a bad attitude but face it, if your around it long enough it seeps in and starts seeping out.
Well enough ranting for today. I shall attempt to be cheerful and find the positive side of librarianship!

Why I haven't been blogging...

... because I have been pinning and Instagramming. They say a picture is worth a thousand words and Pinterest and Instagram lets me communicate visually without having to come up with the right words or grammar. But not to leave you blog readers out let me just through some pics at you from my resent trip to Florida.