Chief Information Officer

One day recently I was reading something about a CEO (chief executive officer) and a CFO (chief financial officer) when the thought occurred to me that as a school librarian I could be considered the CIO (chief information officer) of the school. Sounds like a nice title and probably is used somewhere out there in the corporate world. There are actually many titles by which my position can be referred. My state certification authorizes me to practice as a "Learning Resources Specialist". Some would call me a media specialist, a teacher librarian, library media specialist, etc. Some would say (and I tend to agree which puts me in a difficult spot but oh well....) that since I have not a masters degree in Library Science or Library and Information Science that I should not rightly call myself a librarian. But alas, it is the title that my position is given and so therefore I tell people that I am a librarian. Much easier to do so and easier to say than "Hi, I'm a learning resources specialist but you can call me a librarian..."

Then there's the sweet kindergarten student who regularly greets me with "Hi library teacher!" That always gets me smiling!