Comments on: Are You a Library Scientist or a Library Artist?

By: Mayra

Mayra — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:40:00 +0000

Library artist, I use my school community to shape/design/add to/take out/ create our school library. Sadly my position was cut due to budget cuts and I’m back in the classroom next year.

By: rocketlit

rocketlit — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:14:00 +0000

Artist, definitely. I’m happiest and at my best when I’m being creative and since I do the daily news show as well as all my other duties, I’m putting together the next day’s show in my head and then doing videos for book trailers, video “commercials” for school events, etc. all the time. I’m also not a “neat office” type of person, I have a method to the madness…but mostly it’s being creative and thinking up new and fun ways to get my message across to students.

By: Donna Johns

Donna Johns — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:33:03 +0000

Scientist when the “suits” are sniffing around looking for places to cut budget. Artist when I work with my students and faculty.

By: Aaronite

Aaronite — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:47:43 +0000

Neither; to think either way seems smug and out of touch to the general public, and in a public library, that should be all that matters. As if we believed people at Subway were really “Sandwich artists”…

By: Roxanne Blanton

Roxanne Blanton — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:16:55 +0000

I like (and have to be) being analytical in my work; working with facts, figures, and systems as Ahava said. But I LOVE being creative even more so. Artist on the surface, and scientist when evidence is required.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:01:00 +0000

An artist, for sure! The science part creates a helpful framework. Helping people find the perfect book/resource, coming up with cool programing for that teens will actually want to attend, making booklists about topics/areas of interest when I have no good answer when a teen asks for that type of book but SHOULD have an answer. That’s art.

By: Marge Loch-Wouters

Marge Loch-Wouters — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:55:23 +0000

I’m with Megan – mad scientist! Science + art = creativity and responding to what comes careening down the pike every workday. You work with what you have and give it more than that to do good stuff for the community.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:13:00 +0000

Artist for sure! I had story time in my info lit session today, complete with a prezi visual aid. I give a mock presentation and let students critique and live blog their response to it in another class.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:58:50 +0000

Library Artist! Searching and conducting research is a art form, teaching students is an art form. They even can be quite beautiful when things all come together.

By: Megan Wiseman

Megan Wiseman — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:57:14 +0000

I admit to being a library (mad) scientist. It’s sort of the picture I like to keep in the back of my mind when people ask me to “find things.” I whip out all the tech, fiddle with knobs, take readings from my screens and end up with a report containing all sorts of lovely little facts. For a while, I had a “chart” as my computer’s wallpaper that showed the logical steps for finding certain common answers (I’ve since gotten rid of the file and am kicking myself that I cannot find it again!) — it depicted a rather scientific approach and, while funny, was also a practical visual summation of my reference triage.