The other day someone told me something about jobs that went a little like this:
People will always see you as the person you were when you started the job - no matter how much you’ve learned in the meantime. To be recognized as the accomplished person you are now - the person with additional skills and experiences - you need to leave that job and get a new one.
Libraries represent.
Sandberg has penned not so much a new Feminine Mystique as an updated Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Where other feminists focus on articulating the amount of free or underpaid labor that women do, Sandberg places a priceless value on labor itself and encourages more of it, whether paid, unpaid, or poorly paid. “If you’re offered a seat on a rocket ship, you don’t ask which seat,” she says, quoting advice she received from Google executive Eric Schmidt.
Thanks Kate. You just saved me the trouble of reading Lean In.
Public libraries have more than just books. You can also borrow DVDs, CDs, and even e-books. Find a library near you.
Image description: Happy 213th birthday to the Library of Congress! It was established on April 24, 1800.
After the original library was lost to fire during the War of 1812, Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson’s personal library, which became the foundation of the modern Library.
Learn more about Jefferson’s library and the history of the Library of Congress.
This photo of the main reading room in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building is from the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division.
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Librarian who works on the web, IA, asks why, moves and shakes, bakes, loves #govinfo.
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