I haven’t written very much here of any substance in a long while. This is due to general life overload combined with a periodic (and normal) waning of interest in blogging. I thought I’d mention here that I am seriously contemplating not renewing my NASIG membership.

For those reading this post who know me, an avid promoter of this organization and member since 1991 when I was still in grad. school, this revelation may be shocking. Indeed, just mentioning it makes me feel like a heel. Like I am betraying the library professional organization that I have called home all of my professional career, the place where I have such dear friends and many professional rewards.

But I need to face reality. My career focus has drastically changed. I am not going to the NASIG annual conference. I am not working in the same area as other serialists any more. I really like the new career tack I’m on and it’s unlikely that will change soon. I’m being stretched and I am learning a lot of interesting things. I am casting about for a new professional organization that more closely matches what I’m now doing. I am not able to keep feet planted firmly in two different worlds of library and information science. I am doing a disservice to NASIG due to my lack of attention and inability to contribute. This disservice has gone on for too long.

Therefore I think I need to just let it go, but it breaks my heart to do it. With this I feel like I am definitely leaving librarianship behind, at least the librarianship I have been steeped in for over seventeen years.