It's all about the bling here. Move on up into the 21st century! Make your library the happenin' place for your community. Sure, it's challenging, but you're up to the challenge. So come on -- pimp your library!

Monday, September 25, 2006
  Take a deep breath.
This post is partly for my own sake. I want to remind myself, and all of our (4 or 5, at least!) readers, to stop and take a deep breath. Rome wasn't "pimped out" in a day, and unless you have the powers of Cinderella's fairy godmother or Elizabeth Montgomery, you will not be able to wave a wand or wiggle your nose and have everything change immediately (including your signage, your entire collection, and your staff's attitudes!).

So -- if you're a recovering perfectionist overachiever like myself, you need to remember to lower your expectations of yourself. And breathe, every now and again. And stop to celebrate the things you have already accomplished, instead of charging ahead full-steam to tackle the next challenge.
 
Saturday, September 09, 2006
  Check out the Generator Blog!


The Generator Blog -- generatorblog.blogspot.com -- is a great place to go when you need a cool image to promote your library or an event. It provides a list of sites on the Internet where you can add your own text to images -- like the crest I created here, or another one of my favorites, the Einstein Chalkboard.
 
"PIMP" Verb
1.) to pimp something out is to *make* it look ghettofab and blingbling
2.) to pimp is to advertise (generally, in an enthusiastic sense) or to call attention in order to bring acclaim to something; to promote.
- Urban Dictionary