Librarian has a Mission!

I never thought about the field of Librarianship having a mission beyond what the librarian’s library mission was.  I really like the idea of each librarian have a mission that works with the library’s mission to propel the dissemination of information.  My favorite part of this thread was Lankes’s discussion about the importance of a worldview for a librarian’s mission.  My favorite line is “something as abstract as a worldview can “open up a world of possibilities”” (Lankes, 2011) because it is my truth.  I believe the most productive and fair way to make a decision is to understand your goal(s).   If you as a person or a librarian don’t know what defines you, such as a mission, then you will not be able to make the right discussion for you or your library.  Also what Lankes brings up is that these goal(s)/mission need to be able to change or be flexible to a degree in order to serve and flourish.  The Library I work at right now is dealing with what a library once was – disseminating information (as Lankes says “artifacts”) – to what a library is becoming – a place for patrons/users to come to find information whether it be in digital or analog form and a place to gather and share their own information.  Without opening your mind up to the present and the future there will be no possibilities.