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Making time for time management.
I just gave a 2 hour workshop on time management practices to a (truly lovely!) group of librarians. I presented a series of concepts, and then gave attendees the opportunity to build a “personal organization starter kit,” which includes: One question that came up over and over again was the question: How do I stick…
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Put your money where you mouth is.
Since I’m on the collections side of the house now, (I work as a Collections Librarian at the University of Guelph), I’m much closer to that big pile of money known as the Acquisitions budget. So I spend a lot of time thinking about where that money goes, and what that money funds. As it’s…
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Reboot
The internet peaked around 2008, amirit? Back when things were still fun. I left Twitter around 2018 because everyone was just so mean. I came back in March 2020 as we embarked on our Most Unprecedented Times, especially since I couldn’t really leave my house anymore. But by December 2020, I’d quite again, when it…
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LibUX for Dummies: Podcast Edition
“Complain on your blog, and ye shall receive” – The Bible. After I complained about there being few resources for LibUX newbies, Michael Schofield, from LibUX got in touch. He invited me to do a LibUX podcast episode where I ask him my newbie questions, and he attempts to answer them. Have a listen! http://libux.co/research-techniques-tools-actually-used-library-ux-work/
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LibUX for Dummies (Like Me)
Learning new stuff on your own is hard. I’ve always been ambiently interested in areas of user experience, user-centred services, and improving library design (both physical spaces and virtual spaces). But I’ve always struggled to find comprehensive learning opportunities on this topic. I need something that is sufficiently practical, but taught by an expert, and which holds me to some level of accountability.…
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Student as Scholar, Creator, Instagram Star
NCSU exhibits an exclusive collection of beautifully captured photographic images that is shown in the James B. Hunt Jr. library. But this particular exhibit isn’t an acquired photography collection from some hoity toity famous photographer. It isn’t featured behind a glass exhibition cabinet under lock and key, with a security guard watching your every move.
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From library stacks to server racks, and what is lost.
Library collections have taken a sharp turn to the digital in recent years, so maybe this Internet thing isn’t a fad. Once upon a time I did some UX work with students about eBook stuff and many of them reported that, even when our eBooks suck and are hard to use (which often they totally do and are), they…
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Austin or bust
I’m headed to Austin, TX next month to co-present a session with my friend and colleague, Jacqueline Whyte Appleby and the Electronic Resources & Libraries conference. Our session is entitled, “More Licenses, More Problems: How to Talk to Your Users About Why eBooks are Terrible“. Not a controversial title at all, is it?! (That was all…
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Wrap-up from #OLASC14 Presentation
On Friday (January 30th) I presented at the OLA Superconference 2014 here in Toronto. My co-presenter Kim Stymest and I presented a session called “Beyond LinkedIn: New technologies for career development”. It was well attended! And people had great questions. I’m glad it’s done (I was so nervous!) but it was super fun and professional…