"Hi Libby, May I borrow parts of your MA libguide as I construct my own? Thanks so much!"
The email came from Paula J. Hearn of ivytech.edu. I racked my brain to think: "How do I know her?" "How does she know me?" I could not come up with anything....
Then I forwarded the email to Emily and IM'd her to ask if she would take a look at it. I also asked Emily to affirm if I remembered correctly that sharing can be part of Libguides, if you want, and if your stuff is public. (My MA libguide is set to public even though, ironically, we are not yet using it.)
During our IM'ing, Emily and I also both decided to look up ivytech.edu. It is a community college in Indiana with 23 campuses that serve more than 75 communities.
Emily said of course we can share if we want, and it is probably a good idea. I agree, because I am a big believer in what goes around comes around! So the upshot is that I emailed Paula that of course she can use my stuff, and that I am flattered. (Now I will have to remember to check her MA page!)
I copied you all on the email to Paula, but this is the "back story," as they say. Cool, huh?!
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You're a socializer even when you're not trying!
I know it, Chandra! Funny, huh?! I did some more "research" on Paula Hearn and found out she works in technical services at her branch of the community college library. Interesting that tech services is doing the lib guides.
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