This season we are going back to the basics! We are going to spend time talking about the basic skills all staff in libraries need to be successful there. Check out our shownotes here, with our script and our information

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Across our membership, and in libraries across the country, there are a lot of people who work in libraries – but did not come there with a bunch of training in what it means to work in a library. No problem!

We know that a library is so much more than “just” checking out books. Too often, that is the limited view of a library. And it misses out on all the wonderful possibilities that can happen in any library!

So this week we start right at the beginning, and we look at some of the fundamentals of this profession.

And you are part of the library profession. You don’t need a membership card, or to know the secret handshake. If you work in a library, you are one of us! This is a good thing because so many of our members, and people in libraries across the country, work alone or with only one or two people.

It can be lonely and hard to be the only one in your library, the only one in your building who does what you do. But you are never alone. You are part of a wonderful community of library people! And of course, if you are one of our twelve counties across central Minnesota, you are also a CMLE member – and that is a great thing!

Come back next week, because we have more information to share about libraries! This is just the beginning, and there are so many other great things to share!