PLJ

[lzz]

I'm the new editor of Public Library Journal! This is the leading professional journal covering public library issues. Unlike some other publications of this type it also has a reasonable amount of academic credibility.

Comments

[whatisbiscuits]

You are on the fast track to becoming the most successful librarian ever, I can feel it!

Was it hard getting in?

[lzz]

No, it was oddly easy! I just wrote an expression of interest saying what I would do if I were editor and then I got an email today saying I'd got it! I think it probably helped that Briony already knows me and that I am reasonably competent etc. I don't know if you have much of a public library focus or not but if you do, I'd love an article from you!

[whatisbiscuits]

How dignified! I have never worked in a public library, so don't think I could feasibly write anything on a public library subject, sorry. I'll happily write you a piece on bees or cake though... just say the word.

[lzz]

It did occur to me that an article on beekeeping might be just right. We did actually have a bee colony at my previous library, though not deliberately. They lived in little holes in the ground!

[wildeabandon]

Woo. Congratulations!

[lzz]

Thank you!

[sabotabby]

Holy shit! Congratulations.

[lzz]

Thank you! I am resisting the temptation to turn it into a vehicle for left-wing propaganda ;-) though I can quite justifiably include lots of articles on diversity issues.

[katherineh]

Sounds very impressive, congratulations!

[lzz]

Thank you!

[jinxcw]

"And this week's guest publication on Have I Got News For You is the amusingly named..." ;-)

...oh, and what all the others said - congratulations! :-)

[lzz]

Here are some missing word titles:

Library is the ------------- star
Reading through the --------------
------------- by love
From peer to --------------
Top ten young -------------- uncovered

(number of blanks is no indication of actual word length - that would make it too easy!)

Anyway, I don't know what you mean, public libraries are genuinely very exciting and who wouldn't want to read a journal about them?! ;-) Thanks for the congratulations also :-)