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Stop normalizing overwork

In the years that I have been trying my best to avoid overwork, I've become more attuned to the signs that I am indeed overworking. I usually notice one of…

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The ballad of the sad instruction librarian

It's been a busy Fall term so far and I haven't had much time to spend on Twitter, but I usually check it first thing every morning. When I did…

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Dear Professor

I knew something was very wrong toward the end of Freshman year at Wesleyan. I'd begun to withdraw from the circle of friends I'd become so close to over the…

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Framework Freakout presentation and Questions Answered

Last week, I gave an online presentation about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for the ACRL Student Learning & Information Literacy Committee. It was entitled Framework Freakout: How to Stop…

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You could learn a lot from us: community college librarians at ACRL

ACRL was ridiculously amazing this year. I feel energized, affirmed, and hopeful (and completely exhausted and sick since it ended). The programming was so high-quality and relevant that, in most…

Stop normalizing overwork

The ballad of the sad instruction librarian

Dear Professor

Framework Freakout presentation and Questions Answered

You could learn a lot from us: community college librarians at ACRL

The Crushing Mental Load of Disability

It’s not about information literacy: Why people’s risk calculus around COVID has changed

On 20 Years of Blogging at Information Wants to be Free

A review of Information Literacy and Social Media by Santamaría and Pfannenstiel