Category: Observations

  • Academic Librarians as Faculty: Why?

    Disclaimer: This has nothing to do with the rights of faculty in terms of layoffs and firing. This is just my opinion about whether or not academic librarians should really be considered faculty. I am not a faculty member. I am not a professor. Most people would never mistake me for one. I mean look…

  • Do Embedded Librarians Have Identity Crises?

    There are times when I feel almost rudderless in Libraryland. These usually coincide with ALA conferences or some big kerfuffle in the profession that doesn’t really seem to impact what I do as a librarian. (Yes, it’s all about me.) The feeling also happens when I go to transportation conferences or meetings. I’ve been working…

  • How did I get here?

    It’s an interesting thing to ponder – how do people become librarians? The Library Routes Project compiles several journeys to the profession. The variety is quite interesting and I think is a good source of information for any prospective LIS student, especially those coming to library school with little or no library experience. So here’s…

  • Tales of Extreme Outreach

    One of my favourite parts of my job is outreach. I love talking to our students and researchers. It really helps me understand how we fit in their research and ways we can help them improve what they’re doing. Typically my outreach involves going to classes or meetings and letting people know we (the library)…

  • My Library Day in the Life

    Hi. This is my part of Bobbi Newman’s, aka Librarian By Day, 2nd Annual Library Day in the Life project. (Check out the wiki!) My day isn’t really over yet. 0600 Hear the alarm clock. 0650 Crawl out of bed. Get ready for work and such. Coffee!!! 0750 Walk to work. 0810 Check email and…