The changes are beginning

I can now let this cat out of the bag, officially:

As some of you may already know, Scott Childers will be leaving the position of Internet Services Coordinator at the end of the year. Scott has been, and continues to be, a great asset to NLA.
I know we appreciate all he has done for both our organization and our members throughout his years of service.

This is a part-time position, but integral to the association. We hope to have the position filled by November, as Scott has volunteered to help with training the new ISC.

Below is the link which will take you directly to the job description on NLA’s website. If you are interested, please take a look. If you know of someone else who might be interested, please pass this information on to them. Thanks!

http://www.nebraskalibraries.org/isc.htm

One of the reasons I haven't posted here lately is that I'm trying to tie up all the loose ends before I leave the position of Nebraska Library Association's Internet Site Coordinator. I have been serving since 1999, before I even got my first professional librarian position. I've always been one to have many projects going at once, but I don't feel right handing over a bunch of partially finished things to the next person.

It is a bittersweet time for me. I'm looking forward to new challenges within the NLA and other organizations, but I see so many things I could be doing to make the NLA web presence a stronger one, a more collaborative one, even just a "better" one. I've had the chance to work with so many great people across the state as part of this experience, and it certainly opened the doors for me to become a voice for technological progress in libraries in this state.

I don't plan on sitting around. I'm running for NLA's Vice President/President Elect this year, so I hope I'm still serving the NLA - just in a different capacity. I had actually made the decision and let the NLA board know back in January and have told quite a few people, but I didn't feel right posting about it until the "job ad" had been posted.