Dork is the new Geek
I have gotten geekier.
It is sad but true.
Not only am I attending the OLA conference in hopes of rubbing elbows with future librarians whom I might like and can make connections that way (future librarians of the world unite).
But I have become a card carrying member of Lexis Nexis. Yes, that is right. I had to sign up for this service for my legal librarian ship class and they actually sent me membership cards. I mean what is that about? I have the cards in my wallet becuase they have vital information on them for my usage of the service. However, as soon as I slipped them into my wallet I realized that I had just gone from being a potential librarian action figure to dork of the universe. Alas, I guess I must give a little to get some but who knew that it would make me feel like such a geek.
And to make it worse I completed my first MARC record this past weekend and to be perfectly frank I am damn proud of the thing. It is almost a work of art. Not only do I now know what all the fields stand for, I can enter in the proper bibliographic citations to make these items accessible in OPACs.
So I guess it is official I am a librarian at heart. But damn it was almost fun making that MARC record and I get to make three more of them this semster, whooo hoooo.
All right now I am getting serious, what should I wear to this conference? hmmm? I need suggestions. I was thinking full on suit, shirt, tie jacket - the whole works. Stan thinks that it is over doing it, he thinks that just a dress shirt and nice slacks is fine. Mel thinks the tie, shirt and slacks but no jacket, and Annie thinks that jeans and a t-shirt are totally okay. So what should I wear?
posted by No one asked us @ 3:20 PM
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3 Comments:
i rarely see suits at a conference. i'd go with slacks and a tie, and then if that feels overdressed you can take off the tie and subtelly secret it in your bag...
I agree with Mainja - you rarely see suits at a conference. Moreover, dress for your future job. If you want to be a children's librarian, be relaxed and approachable for networking. I think you should skip the tie, but if wearing one will give you more confidence, bring it along. I wore a suit to an interview with a public library [they were cattle call interviewing at the school], and the people who were more casually dressed did better.
Now if you wanted to be a law or business librarian, different story.
Dude, totally look good (which is so not hard for you!) but not too dressed up. Nice, but comfortable. I guess that'd be the whole business casual thing. Work it, baby!
And geek IS the new cool! Woohoo!
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