Why I want Aaron Schmidt to work in my local library

July 29th, 2004

Because of posts like this. Aaron is the epitome of the hard working techie librarian who just wants to show his patrons the neat stuff that his library offers. Not only does he write about it eloquently in his weblog, but he teaches us as well. Consider the footnote to the linked entry:

“This concept is essentially like the concept of the teachable moment except nothing really is taught. In place, services or technologies (in this case library related) are introduced.”

Simple, yet profound. We don’t have to set up lavish workshops for our patrons. We (and they) are too busy for that. This concept of “teaching on the go” is what I try to do at my firm (especially now due to the hiring of the summer associates), and what Aaron has accomplished at his library. Do yourself a favor and subscribe to his RSS Feed.

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