Road trip!

As part of start my business, I am driving around central Texas and visiting small public libraries. On Monday I sent email to 23 library directors introducing myself, what I am attempting to do, and to offer them an opportunity to schedule a specific time to speak with me. I have had over half write back. Half of those I have scheduled appointments with for next week.

I wonder about the wording of my initial email. Perhaps these conversations will help me to clarify my language for the future. I am not looking to replace anyone's existing IT services, as many have city or county IT departments that they have to use. My hope is convey that I am the IT professional that specifically knows not only library systems but technology work flow with in libraries. I have spent many years as an in-house systems person. I understand the WHY a library wants/needs different network configurations or firewall considerations. And so much more....

I hope to be the IT person they bring to the table when planning a special project or trying to compose a tech related grant. Of course I can and am willing to do some computer maintenance, but I excel at speaking library with/to IT people. Or most importantly, I speak IT to librarians and their community.