For those who do not know, my supervisor is leaving Finlandia U and has taken a position back in her home country of Puerto Rico, and I'm been promoted to Head Librarian. I wish Yesianne all the luck and am very excited for her! She has been a great person to know and work with and have learned many things from her, like how to stay graceful under fire. She will be missed.
I've been shadowing her for the last few days and she has already been training me to "take over" for her, since she knew that being at FU was only temporary, while her husband was getting a Master's at MTU. So, I have a feel of how things go, so far anyway. Well, I'll know as of August 3rd.
I have to admit that I am a little nervous about the transistion, but having been an adminstrator before for a rural school/public one-woman-show library, I do have some experience with directing, and the politics, etc. I have experience in proving worth, as many librarians do, since our services are first to be cut from any struggling budget. I know how to play the game of pushing, but not too much, etc. All that goes on when in an adminstrative compacity. I've already experience the ugliness of that and as always will remember that "nothing is personal", as was said to me numerous times by previous administrator. When really, for him, it was. That is his standard line to several people in THAT organization. But I'm not working for that organization anymore and feel that if I edured hell on earth for six years, then this should be a "walk in the park", so to speak.
Of course, I know there will be challenges and choices and other difficult situations; I'm not niave, am just expressing that I've learned from my past experiences and can apply those lessons in this capacity. So, wish me luck! I'll need it.
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