Most of you know that I’m a frustrated librarian–frustrated because I can’t seem to find work in the field that I love so much.  Today I had an interview at a public library in an urban setting.  It’s a place that I could really do some good work, but we’ll see if I convinced them of that fact.

Of course on the drive home  better answers for some of the questions. surfaced effortlessly to the top of my mind.  Isn’t that the way it always is?    Instead of  stumbling around trying to connect how to use technology and literacy to improve the community I should have just focused on the fact that I am, by nature, a collaborator.  Instead of trying to come up with an instant idea, I should have stated that  I can’t claim to be an expert in those  fields, but I do know how to research and find solutions.   I don’t think I made that clear.

Funny, one of my strengths with patrons is that I’m patient while finding out what the reference question really is…yet today I jumped at the first thought that floated through my brain rather than working with the interviewers to find out exactly what they meant by the question.

Another lesson learned.