[Publib] CREW method

[Lisa Guidarini]

I used to write a column about upcoming programs for our library, but
then the editor just stopped publishing it. And now the paper's folded
(no pun intended ...), so that's that.

 

We had someone writing up about new books, too. Come to think of it, I'm
not sure if she's still doing that for another paper ... I should look
into it.

 

I do maintain a blog for the library system, and that may draw in some
people. I honestly don't know, as we don't have a method of tracking
that. It's at: http://blogs.nsls.info/thebook/ if anyone wants to see
it.

 

Lisa Guidarini

Adult Program Coordinator

Algonquin Area Public Library District

Algonquin, IL 

 

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By the way, it used to be fairly common for librarians to write regular
columns in small local newspapers.  This has gone the way of homemade
mayonnaise, and it is just too bad.  For one thing, the mayonnaise trick
was something you could give to a bored child to do.  For another, the
library column kept the library in the eye of the public, and it was a
great public relations tool.

 

Of course, many small papers have folded.  But more than that, the
librarians don't write anymore.  Which, given the overall decline in
writing skill in the society, may be a good thing.  Somebody out there
prove me wrong by starting a library column in your local sheet.  Go
ahead, write away.

 

By the way, if you can remember when they sold mayonnaise mills at the
store, you are old.  Why would you make your own?  Because it's easy,
and because you don't have a refrigerator.

 

M. McGrorty

 

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