This is part 2 of my look back at what I’ve accomplished over the past year, focusing more on my professional life. While part 1 focused on my life as an MLIS student, of course these 2 parts are strongly … Continue reading
As this new year begins, before I jump into another whirlwind of multi-tasking, I’m taking a deep breath and looking back at what I’ve accomplished over the past year. In case you’ve been wondering why there hasn’t been a blog … Continue reading
Toward the end of March I had the wonderful opportunity to present at an inaugural conference on the subject of Women’s History in the Digital World (#WHDigWrld on Twitter), at the Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education (at … Continue reading
Two weeks ago I attended an event for Vassar faculty on the subject of the future of libraries and scholarly writing. The full title was “The End of Books? Knowledge Creation, Scholarly Communication and Shaping the Library of the Future.” … Continue reading
I don’t believe in ghosts, I believe in history. That’s the voice that speaks to us from beyond the grave. It is all around us, speaking out to us wherever we go, but only some of us can hear it (or … Continue reading
On my commute to work, I pass several different institutions that are (or used to be) convents or monasteries or seminaries, nestled in along the Hudson River. There’s also an episcopal church that has one of those lettered signs out … Continue reading
As a part of librarian bootcamp, we had a field trip to visit Special Collections at SU, and to “oo” and “ah” over some amazing artifacts. One of my classmates asked if any of the objects had been digitized, and … Continue reading
So, yes, the librarians come last. The thread on “Librarians” in The Atlas of New Librarianship, that is. While writing these posts, it has been very hard to divide these ideas into separate threads, they are so deeply woven together … Continue reading
The Mission of Librarians is to Improve Society through Facilitating Knowledge Creation in their Communities (Lankes, 2011) It is significant that “improve society” is at the beginning of this mission statement, not at the end – chronologically it should be at … Continue reading
While I was on campus at SU for my week’s residency with IST511, I worked on a group project on the subject of embedded librarians. This had me thinking night and day about community. Several times in The Atlas of … Continue reading
