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Wow, this has been a hard year. No one's life has been untouched by 2020 between the pandemic and unrelenting proof that the social safety net has been dismantled by late-stage capitalism, the…

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Thoughts on work, well-being, solidarity, and advocacy in our current… situation

I have been wanting to blog for weeks. I have several blog posts I started that I just couldn't get through. My attention span reminds me of my son's at…

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My year in books (and podcasts) 2019

This was a pretty good year for me. Nothing particularly amazing or wonderful or eventful happened to me, though my son has been such a source of pride and light for…

My year in books, 2018

I had such good intentions to blog more this year, but the second half of 2018 has thrown me a lot of curveballs emotionally and it's pulled me away from a…

My year in reading 2016

2016 has been one hell of a year. It started out for me with optimistic giddiness, then crashed into the land of extreme stress and fear and stayed there rather…

Sorry Springshare, but also not sorry

So I probably didn't make a lot of friends at Springshare with my blog post about LibGuides this morning (if you haven't already, take a look at the update I…

We contain multitudes

I've been thinking a lot about how people choose to define themselves and what happens when things in their world challenge that definition. This is probably because I spent the…

Library DIY infrastructure has been open sourced!

I wanted to let everyone know that we have just open sourced the Drupal-based Library DIY infrastructure. You can find it at https://github.com/pdxlibrary/Library-DIY We have documentation on how to get…

Library DIY (and my team!) honored with the ACRL IS Innovation Award

At the end of my last post was a little love letter to the "pocket of wonderful" at my work; a group of librarians I think of as my learning…

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Good for what? Considering context in building learning objects.

I'm working with a colleague of mine (Amy Hofer of Threshold Concepts fame) to create a suite of tutorials that are going to be integrated into online University Studies (think…

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Constructive criticism

Let this be a lesson to you -- never write a comment on a blog post while you have a baby on your lap who is simultaneously grabbing at your…

25 Random Things You Probably Didn’t Want to Know About Me

It's easy to ignore a meme that you get tagged for once. When you find yourself having been tagged a half dozen times though, it becomes more difficult to ignore.…

Customer service problems with Pottery Barn Kids – Part Deux

Be sure to see the update to this post at the bottom of the post. Close to a month ago, I wrote about the awful experience I had with Pottery…

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The Abbreviated Fall Speaking Tour

With the pregnancy, I tried to keep my speaking schedule light for Fall. However, all three of the talks I'm giving fall within a two-week period, so it's made me…

It just keeps getting better

Breaking the glass Originally uploaded by librarianmer Four years ago today, Adam and I stood up on a mountain overlooking the Napa Valley and promised to spend the rest of…

LISjobs.com Logo Contest

Would you like your creative work to be immortalized on a major website in our profession? Here's your chance! LISjobs.com LOGO CONTEST LISjobs.com is seeking submissions for a new logo…

How I spent my vacation

Belly rubbing Originally uploaded by librarianmer Adam on the dock Originally uploaded by librarianmer I have to say that this was one of the best vacations I've ever been on.…

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Quiet time

Friends Lake Originally uploaded by ftzdomino Tomorrow morning, Adam and I are leaving for a vacation in the Adirondacks. This is the first time in AGES that our vacations haven't…

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Saying goodbye to 2007

When I look back to the beginning of 2007, I'm really surprised at how much has happened in just one year. At the end of December last year, we were…

Happy holidays!

I just wanted to wish a very Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate it. To those who don't and are looking for entertainment on a day when it…