Why I chose this title

I named this blog Phoenix Rising Librarian as it relates to the library I work in. It did not have a full time librarian and the librarian they brought in from another hospital came only once a week until her library stopped even that. She then had to call in all of her information to a volunteer, in his seventies, and he had to do all the work.
When I came three years ago the library still had a hand typed card catalog. Within three months, three other local hospital libraries and myself joined forces and with CyberToolsForLibraries created a union catalog for all of us. Since then we have been adding material, both book and journal, and also electronic links. The catalog has grown to add website/database pages, material request pages, and quick emails back to the librarian besides the print catalog. As the staff of the hospital is learning what is available, they are becoming more excited and are utilizing the library and its services more.
The Phoenix is rising and I hope in time will sing as the library becomes very much a part of the hospital staff services.