Actually I liked that Professor Lankes gave us the Headline Option. Problem with me is I froze up and couldn't think of a witty headline. I am a preparer, so of course I needed much more time than 10 minutes. But I loved hearing how everyone came from very diverse backgrounds, made me feel much better that I had no library work experience to speak of.
I also was pleasantly surprised. The instructor was engaging (not a stereotypical stuffy librarian in a bun and glasses!) Most importantly he emphasized the importance of the Librarian and not the Library. Also, that a love for books is not the only prerequisite for becoming a librarian, but the role of the Librarian is to "Improve Society Through Facilitating Knowledge Creation in their Communities" or ISTFKCC as I like to call it!
I also am a trivia buff and my goal is to someday be on Jeopardy, so I will remember the little nugget of information about the Muses, and how the shrines to them were forerunners of today's modern museums.
Some more info to those of you interested...(yes, it's in wikipedia, don't shoot me!)
Muses to Modern Museums
Also interesting to me was that Prof. Lankes mentioned the CEO of Google thought that when children reach a certain age they ought to be able to change their names so to hide their youthful indiscretions online. I had just read a blog the day before talking about this very thing.
A future of disposable names
Makes me happy that when I was in HS I took a typing class and didn't have Facebook. Oh the horror of having to block my mother!
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