Don’t go it alone. On the benefits of collaboration.
I don't have all the answers. There, I said it! I'm a pretty smart person who did well in school and has been relatively successful in her career, but I…
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Creating safe spaces vs. freedom of expression
I don't really think of myself as a victim. I feel exceptionally lucky when I think of the life I've had so far. I grew up in an upper middle…
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I hate to say “I told you so.” Drawing the line with HBR.
Over four years ago, I wrote a post about how EBSCO had shut off my institution's links to all Harvard Business Review articles after we declined their "generous" offer to…
Opening up knowledge on the tenure track
I'm not a hero. I'm not an open access warrior. I'm not one of those people who would risk their career on the cross of Open Access. I'm not a…
Library DIY has been released!
This is just a quick note to say that Library DIY (which I wrote about in a previous post) has been released! I am so very proud of this project.…
DIY vs. Startup, or false dichotomies and labels
ACRL was a terrific conference experience for me. Not only did I get to see a lot of good friends and have a lot of deep conversations with other instruction…
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Mobile Learning: The Teacher in Your Pocket
There's a great new book out on mobile technologies in libraries and I was fortunate to have been asked to contribute a chapter on mobile learning and mobile instruction in…
Shared vision, transparency, and the high performing organization
As I've mentioned before, Lisa Hinchliffe and I presented on and authored a paper for the Library Assessment Conference in October. The spoke about applying the High Performance Programming Model…
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The entrepreneurial library
Years ago, I visited the libraries at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. After lots of conversations, the one word that stuck with me was entrepreneurial. The library faculty there…
Living our values
I have wanted to write about so many things that have come across my desktop lately, but work and getting ready for a major trip to New Zealand with my…
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Behavior vs. belief and changing culture
At LOEX of the West this summer (a fantastic conference, btw), Joan Kaplowitz did a session where she started by asking attendees what words they associate with assessment. I won't…
The changing professional conversation
I have had some great discussions on Twitter. Professional discussions, discussions about parenting, conversations with friends. I've been pleasantly surprised that you can have a quality professional discussion with multiple…
Faculty inertia and change in scholarly publishing
I loved Barbara Fister’s recent post, "Breaking News: Academic Journals are Really Expensive!", about faculty who seem surprised that journals cost the library a lot. Kind of amazing to think…
My thoughts on the Harper Collins/Overdrive controversy
The library world is abuzz about Harper Collins changing the terms by which libraries can license their books on Overdrive. If you haven't read about it already, here's some background…
Collaborative tech, virtual participation, and what is an “open meeting” anyways?
Let me say this first. I am not an expert in ALA or LITA (or even ACRL) bylaws regarding participation, open meetings, etc. I'm sure a lot of very experienced…
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Inspiring stuff to read, Take 3
When I looked at the list of items I wanted to share with you and saw the number that were from one blog, I realized that I really should just…
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Inspiring stuff to read, Take 1
Between work, my son and the class I'm teaching at SJSU (which is about to start), I rarely have time these days to blog. It's certainly not that I'm uninspired…
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Old media really doesn’t “get” new media
Last semester, one of my students linked to this great conversation between Teresa Nielsen Hayden (community manager for Boing Boing) and John Scalzi about community-building through comments and moderation. It's…
Rethinking online learning
This was another amazing semester teaching at San Jose State University. I had significantly more students in my class this semester than in the past (more than double), which at…
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Tips for library job applicants in a tight market
Another semester of teaching at San Jose State's SLIS program has ended. Many of my students are graduating and others are starting to think about applying for jobs so they'll…
