Category: SLA
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Always Forever – Thoughts on SLA Leadership
Last week I went on down to Dallas to attend the SLA Leadership Summit. It was a pretty packed couple of days where most of the SLA Board of Directors and unit leaders met to discuss the organization and inspire us to roll up our sleeves and get some work done. I enjoyed reading the…
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SLA Annual: The numbers, the enthusiasm, and the law of two feet.
Last week Udinese played a match against Sampdoria in Genoa. The takeaway from the match was the single Udinese fan named Arrigo Brovedani in the stands. The lone voice cheering his team on to a 0-2 victory. By all accounts he had a pretty great time. Brovedani is sort of my hero. Which sort of…
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How do special librarians/info pros really fit in the big tent?
(Photo source) This is Chris Zammarelli and his son Kieran cataloging something for the Department of State. I love this picture on many levels, but today I’m using to put a face on government librarians. This is a follow up from my sloppy and somewhat ranty post last week comparing SLA to the Bundesliga. I…
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Special Libraries – Respected, but not always thought of… sort of like the Bundesliga?
Photo source. The looming Government Shutdown reminded me how little most librarians actually interact with the federal government on a direct level. This all came about when Chris Zammarelli asked in the LSW Friendfeed room if any feds/fed contractors had plans for the shutdown. The silence was deafening. Well, OK, people liked talking about the…
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Identity crisis? No. Or why I think we need to move beyond “stealth librarianship.”
a&p DINOSAURS!, originally uploaded by kendrak. This is one of my favourite pictures of my guinea pigs. They’re dressed as dinosaurs, but it’s clear they’re not really reptilian or prehistoric. (Also, I love how you can tell that they’re plotting to kill me in this.) I’m using this picture to illustrate the whole concept of…