Masterful Librarian Podcast Marian Royal

Last week, I was at the hair salon getting my hair cut. It’s a super friendly place and I was chatting with one of the young women who works there – she’s 19 years old. Since I’m a new client, she asked me what I did for a living. Of course, I said “I’m a librarian”. Her response? And I quote, “You’re awfully nice to be a librarian”. All I could say was “that makes me really sad”.It turns out that her concept of librarians is that they’re, you guessed it, kind of scary and a...

In this very short episode, I’m going to talk about the value of story. No, not the kind of stories we usually think of in libraries, but rather the kind our team members have to tell. It’s in these personal narratives that you might discover the most magical solutions to troubling issues. As usual, full show notes can be found at masterfullibrarian.com/ep-30.I discovered this gold mine in a surprising way. One of the best parts of my new job is exit interviews. When a staff ...

Hello librarians. Welcome to this week’s episode where I’m going to talk about leaders in the library – they’re not always who you think they are. As usual, for complete show notes, you can go to masterfullibrarian.com/ep-29.I like to think, learn, and share about leadership. It’s really kind of my thing. Becoming a better leader is something that I work at all the time. And since I started my new position, it’s been even more important to me because I have a fairly large te...

As I told you in my episode 29, Masterful Librarian is Back, I’ve returned to work in a library again. And those of you who have been listening to my podcasts are probably wondering about that. After all, in my very first episode, Why I’m Glad I Lost my Library Job, I said I was kind of burnt out on working in libraries and, at the time, that was true. But after a year and a half away, things have changed.TeamworkThe best thing about being back in a library is the teamwork! ...

Hello librarians! I’m finally back – after a much longer than anticipated absence. My apologies for that! Sometimes – maybe most of the time – my life doesn’t go according to my plans!In my last episode, I promised some exciting news when I returned. So here’s the big reveal. I’ve gone back to work in a library! Now you may be thinking “What? You said in your first episode you were glad you lost your library job!” And you would be right. I did say tha...

Summer is in full swing and I know many of you - especially my school librarian listeners - are finally enjoying some well-deserved time away from work. It’s been a tough year. If you’re a public librarian, you may be in your busiest time of year as Summer Reading Programs are in full swing right now. But I hope you, too, will get some time off to refresh and rejuvenate sometime this summer.This has been a pretty crazy year for me and I am once again entering into a ti...