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Riot Rule #4: “Always be learning.”
Mel has a picture frame on one of the walls in her apartment, with a number of inspirational, motivational, and humorous quotations that she selected and arranged herself. One of my favorites is, “The best reason: we might learn something.”
In planning the activities for our summer reading program, I decided that it would be [...]
Riot Rule #3: “Snarky = bad.”
Not to echo a previous post too closely…
… but snarkiness and sarcasm really won’t take you that far.
And that’s coming from me, of all people.
Riot Rule #2: “Be inclusive.”
“Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten.” — Lilo, from Lilo and Stitch
One of the things that I truly love about my job is the spectrum of people that I get to work with. Public libraries, almost more than any other institution, are uniquely positioned to help people from all [...]
Riot Rule #1: “Complaining is never enough.”
While I was in high school, I spent four years on the debate team, and those four years ended up being some of the most important for me, at least in how I grew as a person. It definitely must have left some kind of impression, because I’ve spent the past six and a [...]