Me and My Shadow - It's not too late!

The concept is simple. Match up two libraries, providing each interested member of a library's staff the opportunity to visit another library for a morning or afternoon. Each staff member shadows a peer in their partner library, seeing how that individual accomplishes his/her work and collecting ideas to take back to the home library.

The objectives of the program are as follows:

Comparative study - gives staff a chance to see how another library does its work and identify if there is any learning or improved processes that can be taken back to their own library.

Networking - give staff a chance to meet their peers in another library, develop relationships and build contacts.

Rejuvenation - provide staff with the opportunity to re-energize their thought process about their job by being exposed to new ideas, new people and new approaches.

The program is still going on, so if you'd like to be partnered with another library or need more information, contact Laura Zalewski - zalewski@noblenet.org or Giselle Stevens - gstevens@mvlc.org. For a participant's point of view, take a look at the "Me and My Shadow" blog at http://nmrlslibraryshadows.blogspot.com/