It's True.

As mentioned by Joyce already, I'm moving away from the Missoula Public Library. I recently accepted a job as a Library Director in Iowa.

I'm really going to miss this library. MPL is progressive and not afraid to take risks. We've been trying to push the envelope technology-wise and I think the patrons of Missoula benefited from it greatly. I learned more than I could ever have hoped while working here, and plan to use what I've learned as I move forward.

If you want to follow my adventures eastward, you can follow me at twitter.com/bmmsben. It's been great working with the patrons and staff of the library for all these years. I'll truly miss Montana, and Missoula specifically

PS - If you want free cake, come to the library this Friday and go to the reference desk at 4 pm. I'll be there as well.

Farewell to Claire

We said goodbye to our Assistant Director Claire at a going away party on Wednesday, but her last day was yesterday. At her request the only picture I'll be posting from her going away party will be this picture of the lovely book given to her by two of our volunteers.

I also know that Claire isn't big on sentimentality, but I will say that she was a visionary in the library and strongly shaped the way our library looks and acts now and her work style was just like Vanilla Ice's; "If you got a problem, Yo! [Claire] will solve it!" Amongst other things, she worked tirelessly on the schedule as well as proofreading these blog posts by pointing out my numerous misspellings and grammatical errors. We are all going to miss working with her.

Claire and her husband are moving on to the wilds of Alaska.