Author: Kendra

  • Exposing Transparency

    Exposing screen, originally uploaded by katybeck. This week I’m trying something new: I’m learning how to screen print. This means I have to track down a transparency to burn a screen and buy a screen. So I was thinking about transparencies this morning. Which then of course goes back to government transparency. Earlier today I…

  • Stepping in it: Confusion and misconceptions with “online” resources

    I would say that 7 times out of 10, when a student comes into the library at 4:55 on a Friday afternoon, it’s not going to be an easy transaction. Often they want several items but have neglected to write down titles or complete call numbers, and then give me that deer in the headlights…

  • Redundancies of the past – Remember when printing a webpage made sense?

    Today  I saw this tweet in my stream: Hey @tranlib – is this with you guys? If so any chance you can help me w/ a copy? trid.trb.org/view/2000/C/65… — James Wong (@jcwong86) June 22, 2012 These sorts of questions are pretty common, but what James is looking for is part of an old database of…

  • Gutted.

    Gutted., originally uploaded by kendrak. This is a picture of the back of the library at work. You can see where the shelves used to be by the holes in the carpet and the brown paint. I still don’t know how much has been moved and discarded, but it looks and feels like a lot.…

  • Hands On Collection Development

    Goodbye Elevator World, originally uploaded by kendrak. I’m at about the half-way mark of sifting through my library’s physical collection. Let me tell you, not only having the dry, paper cut riddled, filthy hands to show for it, I also have a new understanding of how much of our collection has been used (or not).…