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Internet Consultant at Nerd Girl Industries.
By day I am a librarian and by night, I am an Internet Consultant for Nerd Girl Industries. Yes, I made that job title up. What is an Internet Consultant? Glad you asked! Think research and digital archives. Think content strategist and information architect. Think virtual workshops and consultation. Think social media manager and virtual assistant. I’m a unicorn who can translate geek to English and back again.
To become an Internet Consultant, I’ve worked in a lot of industries from bookseller to manager of a liquor store to factory worker to network engineer to librarian. I’ve worked in the tech industry in some form or fashion since Netscape .96 (iykyk) and Ask Jeeves were a thing. I’m also overly educated with five degrees (two Bachelor’s and three Master’s). I have a lot of opinions.
I live in N. Michigan with my partner (who I sometimes like) and our persnickety pug (who sometimes likes me). I’m into heaving bosom books, trashy reality TV, and working my way through Paul Hollywood’s cookbooks. You can learn more about me at https://lisarabey.com and NGI at https://nerdgirl.net.
Libraries have become more relevant than ever in the 21st C. They act as community organizers, meeting hubs, notaries, passport services, lend materials, gives access to public computers and WIFI, and too much more to list.
The cost for all of these services? Free with your library card.
With funding for libraries on the chopping block, it has become more imperative than ever to support libraries and their services.
In Not Your Motherâs Librarian: Libraries in the 21st C, get the history of librarianship up to librarians in pop culture and what it means to be a librarian today.
In Not Your Mother's Librarian:
*Libraries in the 21st C
*You'll learn that librarianship is the third oldest profession (probably)
*Types of libraries and what they do
*Types of services libraries offer
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*What kind of materials libraries lend (yes, even telescopes and baking pans)
*How librarians became librarians
*Librarians and libraries in pop culture
*And how to support libraries now.
The only thing you need to bring is curosity!
This is a more traditional format where participants absorb information through presentations and talks.
The recording will be shared within 24 hours in the follow up email for a 4-day window, and available at the top of this page. Make sure to register for access!
Internet Consultant at Nerd Girl Industries.
By day I am a librarian and by night, I am an Internet Consultant for Nerd Girl Industries. Yes, I made that job title up. What is an Internet Consultant? Glad you asked! Think research and digital archives. Think content strategist and information architect. Think virtual workshops and consultation. Think social media manager and virtual assistant. I’m a unicorn who can translate geek to English and back again.
To become an Internet Consultant, I’ve worked in a lot of industries from bookseller to manager of a liquor store to factory worker to network engineer to librarian. I’ve worked in the tech industry in some form or fashion since Netscape .96 (iykyk) and Ask Jeeves were a thing. I’m also overly educated with five degrees (two Bachelor’s and three Master’s). I have a lot of opinions.
I live in N. Michigan with my partner (who I sometimes like) and our persnickety pug (who sometimes likes me). I’m into heaving bosom books, trashy reality TV, and working my way through Paul Hollywood’s cookbooks. You can learn more about me at https://lisarabey.com and NGI at https://nerdgirl.net.
The FieldTrips experience is defined not only by what the host has to share, but also by how we show up individually and collectively. The way we show up impacts our capacity to be moved, inspired, and activated.
Get ready to be immersed! Engage with smiles, nods, waves, emojis. Share in the chat. Get cozy. Turn off notifications. Sip your favorite beverage.
Wear your beginnerâs hat. Go with the flow. Welcome the stumbles and fumbles. Congratulate yourself for trying. Keep going!Â
Our hosts are members of the CreativeMornings communityâjust like you! Everyone comes to this with different backgroundsâa lot of our hosts have never done anything like this before! And we love that! Cheer them on when something goes awry and when it goes perfectly.
Weâre all figuring things out in real time. Celebrate, rather than critique emerging ideas. Cheer each other on as you try new things. Try âYes! AndâŚâ in conversation.
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