Category: Observations

  • Staying posi: How I learned to care in a different way.

    STAY POSI!, originally uploaded by bradwenner.com. I want to start off with an apology. I am sorry that 95% of my cultural references are either from punk or soccer. It’s really all I got. Today it’s posi. This post was inspired by this LSW FF discussion which was inspired by this Agnostic Maybe blog post.…

  • Getting partnerships to do something other than point fingers at each other. Is it possible?

    Chelsea vs Liverpool, originally uploaded by Catatan Bola Photo Gallery. Hey, what do you know? Another poor football analogy! Sarah Glassmeyer had an excellent post about the rock and hard place many law librarians find themselves in. They don’t necessarily like the Wexis hegemony, but they can’t afford not to pay into it. There are…

  • Outreach, Marketing, Engagement– The new side of library services?

    Region X Reception, originally uploaded by OR Transportation Research & Education Consortium. This week I was forced to reflect on what I’m doing professionally. I had to write my self-evaluation for my promotion dossier, the first time I’ve been up for promotion… ever. (Why does the word promotion make me think of relegation? I’ve been…

  • A Day in the Life 6 #libday6

    OK. Yesterday was a weird day, but I’m going to share it with all you lovely Library folk as part of the Library Day in the Life Project. So here it goes! Walk over to the Hilton around 7:15 to get ready for the some TRB committee meetings. Try to scrounge coffee. Attend the Library…

  • Worried about access to grey literature? We got your back!

    Today was a long, strange trip at the TRB Annual Meeting. Lots of meetings. All day meetings. I need to figure out why I am such a sucker and always end up in meetings. No cool sessions. Just meetings. Blech. (Though I did make it to the YPT tweet-up, which was fun.) Perhaps the best…