Author: Kendra

  • Conference Reflections and Projections

    Tonight I read Tara Murray’s post The After Conference, which suggests ways to continue some of the threads of discussion and follow the ideas of the conference. She also gives a nod to the wonderful Eileen Boswell, the Embedded Librarian. This has been a weird day for me because I’m still mentally processing and thinking…

  • CDs and DVDs – can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em.

    Microwaving a CD, originally uploaded by AlpinePhotographer. I’m supposed to be getting ready for the TRB Annual Meeting, but I’ve been bogged down with pulling PDFs of other conference proceedings off of discs. It’s a weird skill to have – figuring out how to bypass the auto-run software, locate the files, and locate the single…

  • Living with an ILS – it’s like the New World Order

    new world order, originally uploaded by wasteddaylight. I don’t know why recently, but I’ve been making lots of jokes about New World Order (NWO). It’s been long enough that most people just go, “Huh?” or “Ha. That.” This morning, while being trained on some ILS stuff, it sort of hit me that my little library…

  • Digging in your heels in the face of professional adversity

    (Photo source: The Guardian) So a while back I decided Leighton Baines is my football hero when it comes to the library profession. (Yeah, that doesn’t make much sense, but work with me, OK?) I’ve been trying not to feel sorry or down this past month, but holy cow are there too many deadlines. I…

  • Freight data makes me feel like a failure

    Freight, originally uploaded by Thomas Hawk. Yesterday I got one of my least favourite types of reference questions: somebody wanted freight data. Not just that, but freight data about how much it costs to ship dry goods in different types of container ships. Why do I hate freight data? It’s opaque. It’s inaccessible. It’s expensive.…