Comments on: The AL Cannot be Lead

By: Dr NahNah

Dr NahNah — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:20:43 +0000

True. The AL cannot be Pb. Though perhaps she has some Pb in her. A little table of elements humor there folks.

By: R

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:11:36 +0000

Incorrect: “That’s because the Annoyed Librarian cannot be lead.”

Correct: “That’s because the Annoyed Librarian cannot be led.”

By: Picard

Picard — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:23:22 +0000

Have you ever tried to change someones plan for change? A real eye-opener.

By: J.

J. — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:56:00 +0000

Your ennui is actually just mediocrity masquerading as bullshit.

By: TwoQatz

TwoQatz — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:49:00 +0000

Gosh J. – I think most of the regular posters just enjoy the heck out of AL and you simply don’t get it. I wish to God we’d have some of these discussions in our library. Honest discussion, venting, bitching, comparing notes, etc. is good for an organization! Except organizations don’t really like that sort of thing. Better to be “inspired” and “motivated.” yawn …

By: J.

J. — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:43:35 +0000

There is a very poignant irony here that AL should call out Seth Godin on leadership when AL itself leads a tribe of sycophants who revel in the unchecked sardonic self-indulgence that is this blog.

Of course it’s all the more striking when you consider that AL has devolved into a brand–a collection of narcissistic scribblings by a group of staffers who can’t even reign in their wild stylistic oscillations enough to hide that fact.

By: AL

AL — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:21:00 +0000

I’m just always amazed that in a post-Dilbert world anyone is dumb enough to take this stuff seriously.

By: AlwaysWanted2b

AlwaysWanted2b — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:14:13 +0000

MarianCorporate, it is either the moving cheese or catching a fish thrown the air. A good motto for leadership – a fish rots from the head

By: NotMarianTheLibrarian

NotMarianTheLibrarian — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:07:21 +0000

Anyone familiar with zero-based budgeting? That was the big thing when I first started at a corporate library a quarter century ago. Now, at an academic library, it’s all about assessment. Which is kinda difficult if librarians are being asked to do one-shots and never see the students again, read the papers, etc.

By: Marian_Corporate

Marian_Corporate — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:47:49 +0000

I’ve been a corporate librarian for over 20 years and seen all the self-help garbage come and go. I purchase these books as a disposable — none are referred to after 3 years. In fact, you can just recycle an approach from 6-9 years ago in new packaging and it will fly off the shelf.

Got to go, some patron here is worried about her cheese moving….