Fighting through the decline

  • Access isn’t a fad: Tech-washing libraries

    flickr photo shared by BioDivLibrary under a Creative Commons ( BY ) license MPOW is going through some major changes this year – the library director retired this month, the institute has a new strategic plan, and I’m trying to figure out what the future holds for the library. It’s exciting but also a bit daunting…

  • Librarians – to serve, protect (and entertain)

    flickr photo shared by North Carolina Digital Heritage Center under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC-ND ) license The role of librarians, libraries, why I’m a librarian, what’s the meaning of it all, and what the future holds has been weighing heavily on my head for a while. It kicked into a high gear this past…

  • Remember when you were young? Avoiding generational conflict.

    flickr photo shared by USDAgov under a Creative Commons ( BY ) license I’ve been thinking about generational conflict a lot lately – we just finished our annual fundraiser at the radio station, which is a time when volunteers new and old really get a chance to mingle. I had lots of great conversations with…

  • Don’t Be Like Me – On hypocritical advice

    flickr photo shared by Blue Mountains Local Studies under a Creative Commons ( BY-SA ) license Yesterday on Twitter I got into a discussion with one of the sagest librarians I know – Anna Creech – about being honest and realistic to aspirant librarians/archivists yet still promoting more diversity in the ranks. The conversation kind…

  • Why I’m Still In SLA: Big tents and hive minds

    flickr photo shared by brizzle born and bred under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC-SA ) license I feel bad about using a pic of Teddies when I have always leant to the Mods, but I think this is a good pic of group cohesion and defiance. This week the results of the SLA elections were…