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Ebooks and Libraries: A Stream of Concerns

I really like eBooks, which is something that surprised me when I won my Kindle last Spring in a raffle. In fact, just about every book I’ve read since then…

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Transliteracy from the perspective of an information literacy advocate

A colleague of mine and I have been talking about transliteracy for some time and came to very similar conclusions as David Rothman did in his smart and respectful critique.…

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What do they really need?

I'm not sure if I've become more cynical or just more observant, but lately I feel like I've been seeing things through new eyes. We make so many assumptions in…

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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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Management, upward mobility and sticking

I was really excited when I saw the title of In the Library With the Lead Pipe's post "Rising through the Ranks: On Upward Mobility in Librarianship" from last month.…

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Netflix in libraries and hypocrisy

This afternoon, I read a post at the Wired Campus blog about libraries loaning out Netflix discs to students and faculty. They point to a guest post from a librarian…

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Inspiring stuff to read, Take 2

I was thinking about writing a post reflecting on recent posts about the myth of the graying of the profession (and the coming librarian shortage) and Peter Brantley's post about…

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What’s the deal, JSTOR?

I've written some posts in the past about vendors that have done some pretty slimy things in the name of making a profit. At least that makes sense to me.…

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Numbers vs. meaning

Forgive this less-than-well-thought-out post. I've been thinking a lot about assessment lately and the librarianly love of numbers in assessment, and I'm a troubled by the way that some academic…

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History and change

I've been thinking a lot lately about finding a balance between honoring history and promoting change. Then I read a post by Kendra entitled "The tension between 'memory' and 'complacency'"…

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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…

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Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 3

I took an absolutely obscene amount of notes from Ken Haycock’s keynote, because it was just one pearl of wisdom after another (I’m only including some choice bits here). I’ve…

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A lot of Davids make one heck of a Goliath

In response to my post a few days ago about EBSCO, Sarah Houghton-Jan just wrote an impassioned post about unethical vendor practices, suggesting that we let our vendors know when…

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Has EBSCO become the new evil empire?

Absolutely. I was less than thrilled with the way EBSCO has dealt with some of its customers vis-à-vis Harvard Business Review. I thought it was pretty evil that they signed…

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Shades of gray

Ever since the news of LibLime's enterprise version of Koha and whether or not their actions consisted a fork of the code, I've been thinking about how black and white…

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Who should teach library instruction?

Don't worry, Walt, I won't apologize for being away and I won't promise that I'm going to post more often (though I have a lot of ideas for posts, something…

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It’s not about us (or more ramblings on possessiveness)

I know Jenica wondered if her blog post, Rambling about possessiveness, really had a point, but it was right in line with things I've been thinking a lot about lately.…

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Help the Louisville Free Public Library!

I know a number of people in the Louisville area, so I've heard all about the horrible weather they've been having this year. But the flooding of the Louisville Free…

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Day 3 in the life of a head of instructional initiatives

8:00 am – Checked my email. Checked reference email accounts. Answered a few reference questions, forwarded a database error on to our Head of Digital Initiatives and a Norwich history…

Ebooks and Libraries: A Stream of Concerns

Transliteracy from the perspective of an information literacy advocate

What do they really need?

Inspiring stuff to read, Take 3

Management, upward mobility and sticking

Netflix in libraries and hypocrisy

Inspiring stuff to read, Take 2

What’s the deal, JSTOR?

Numbers vs. meaning

History and change

Tips for library job applicants in a tight market

Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 3

A lot of Davids make one heck of a Goliath

Has EBSCO become the new evil empire?

Shades of gray

Who should teach library instruction?

It’s not about us (or more ramblings on possessiveness)

Help the Louisville Free Public Library!

Day 3 in the life of a head of instructional initiatives

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