Greetings, New York Public Librarians…
If my guess is right, there will be a whole lot of new people checking out this site today, as the news about my new job (as well as this URL) hits the in-house New York Public Library staff newsletter. With that in mind, let me just say hello to all my new colleagues! I’m slowly getting my bearings, and look forward to exploring the far reaches of the NYPL in months to come. In the meantime, please don’t be shy; don’t hesitate to send me an e-mail to say hello and invite me ‘round for a conversation if you’re either doing or want to be doing digital work in one form or another.
One caveat – if you click around this site, you’ll discover that a) “poky” doesn’t begin to describe how slow it can be, and b) there are a few spots here and there that are works in progress. The former is a function of a web host with whom I’m increasingly dissatisfied, but the latter is more problematic – there’s something rather embarrassing about being heralded as a digital visionary of sorts while at the same having let my own online presentation of self fall into disrepair. All I can do is plead my own current state of transition, and hope that as I get my feet under me at NYPL, this site will grow into my new identity.
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:27 am
Congratulations on the new gig! I can’t wait to hear all about the cool projects to come.
May 3rd, 2007 at 6:16 am
mmm, digital visionary in disrepair…. next on NY1
Congratulations on the move, I hope you are enjoying this beautiful spring weather.
May 3rd, 2007 at 7:36 am
Hey Josh….welcome to NYPL! Boy oh boy are you going to be busy. We’re lucky to have you, and look forward to working together.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:34 am
Hi Josh, and welcome to NYPL. I look forward to seeing you exert your presence.
In many ways, NYPL can sometimes function like a big bureaucracy. There will definitely be times where your level of frustration will rise. When that happens, get up and walk through the stacks. You’ll discover why so many of us have worked at this place for decades: It’s hard not to love it once you get to know it.
I wish you the best of luck!
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Hi Josh! Welcome to NYPL, glad to have you aboard. There are defintely a lot of opportunities and a tremenedous amount of work ahead. It’s nice to see fresh eyes and fresh prespective take on an old problem. I’m sure we’ll get a lot done!
Can’t wait to get started – Jay.
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Welcome to NYPL! We’re all really excited about (finally) having someone who is charged with the task of getting all of our ‘digital cats’ herded in the same direction. We’ve got such a wide range of opportunities that merely having someone who is knowledgeable about all of them and can give those of us in the trenches some guidance and perspective will be a great thing.
I look forward to meeting you and talking… at length!
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:44 pm
I just want to let you know that I still read your blog regularly…even after all these years. How better to know what my son is thinking about, accomplishing and planning to do without constantly disturbing him. Congratulations on the new position and I also look forward to seeing what you are going to do with it!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:12 pm
See, now here’s an interesting lesson in online identity management: on the same post, I’ve got old friends, new colleagues, and even a proud parent. All the parts of my life collapsing into one space…
May 4th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
To aid in that collapse, I’ve known Josh since we ran that organic date orchard togeter in the summer of ’76.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Josh, as one of your former teachers, I wasn’t surprised to hear about the challenging responsibilities you have assumed at the New York Public Library.
The IB History Department faculty at Richard Montgomery High School offers it congratulations. Sounds like an exciting opportunity.
May 17th, 2007 at 5:50 am
To help you get acclimated to the world of New York librarians (and those from the tri-state area) you might be interested in attending Library Camp NYC, which is free of charge and is being run as an unconference. It will take place on August 14, 2007, 9am-4pm, at the conference center at Baruch College (55 Lexington Avenue). If you’re interested, sign up on the event wiki: http://librarycampnyc.wikispaces.com/
May 18th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
LibraryCamp? No way! Where have you librarians been all my life???
June 8th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Best of luck there in NYC / NYPL.
Glad to have you on board with H-Net too.
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