Meet Teen Titan!

Somehow, Miss Megan, our teen outreach librarian, has worked at my library for awhile now without having received her Cauli nickname.  That's quickly remedied.

Meet Teen Titan, our teen librarian!

Our Teen Titan, Miss Megan

Okay, Miss Megan is not actually a teen, but she works with teens.  Plus, she is a titan of teen librarianship!  So the shoe fits, as they say.

Teen Titan is called an outreach librarian because she works at two places--Mooresville Public Library and Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation.  That's, like, two full-time jobs rolled into one!  So she's super busy.  But, fortunately, she has plenty of super-power to keep her going.  She handles all things young adult at the library, creating exciting new programs and activities, developing our teen collections, and doing lots of librarian/teacher stuff at the schools.  So she's like moi, roving around doing wonderful things to educate and motivate our young humans.

Now that she has a nickname, Teen Titan needs a superhero costume.  Maybe her Nerd Club teens can suggest some super ideas.  Every librarian should have a superhero costume.  Just saying.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

Welcome, CatPro!

UPDATE (February 28, 2018):  Anthony Woodside wrote a very nice article about CatPro in today's edition of the Mooresville-Decatur Times.

Recently, my library's director of technical services, Lady RaDA, moved into a new job at another library.  So we've hired a new technical services librarian, whom I call CatPro, because she's a cataloging professional.  Plus, having cat in your name is way-cool.  (I believe her official title is technical services coordinator.)  Welcome!  I'd show you her photo, but Scowl-Face has been slacking on the job again and hasn't taken any of her yet.  But she's in this group picture from last Monday's staff in-service training.

MPL staff following CPR training

Library in-service (February 19, 2018)

(CatPro is in the second row, second from the right)

CatPro honed her cataloging chops at Lebanon Public Library, where she worked with Evergreen Indiana open-source ILS (integrated library system), just like my library uses.  She's scheduled to become a Master of the Know (i.e., a librarian holding an M.L.S.--Master of Library Science--degree) by the end of 2018.  That's an impressive accomplishment, let moi tell you.  Not everybody has the brains and talent to earn that degree--just ask Scowl-Face (eye-roll)--so you should already be impressed with CatPro's drive and initiative.

CatPro has settled in nicely at my library.  She has already developed her work strategies and is rifling through all our new items, getting them processed and cataloged quickly and efficiently.  I haven't had a chance to meow with her yet, but from what I'm told, she has made a seamless transition and is running on all cylinders.  That's outstanding in and of itself, because my library, given its relatively small staff size, piles an enormous amount of stuff to do onto every employee's plate.  Well done, CatPro!

Speaking of plates, mine is empty, so CatPro can do something truly useful.  Make with the canned tuna-in-oil already!  My din-dins don't serve themselves.

We're really glad to have you on board, CatPro.  Now get to work.

Your (Retired) Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat