musings on library work and librarianship
I am just wrapping up the second of 5 courses for the Digital Curation Certificate at the University of Maine. For some reason, the faculty of this program do not use the university’s official course management platform, Brightspace. Instead, both have been conducted within Slack. I wanted to share what makes this choice so problematic […]
Continue reading Why Slack Sucks as a Learning Management Platform
Part of my motivation for enrolling in a digital curation program was to learn new-to-me tools, and so far my first class has provided several opportunities in this area. Here are some thoughts on each one: GitHub – I was familiar with the concept of a collaborative version control system, but hadn’t actually found a […]
Continue reading Tools Review: GitHub, WordPress, Omeka-SBased on a recent conversation with a student, here is the advice I offer for someone wanting to become a librarian in 2025.
Continue reading Advice for would-be librarians
When my current position opened up, I noticed the job description included this nugget: This position manages the library’s archives collections while also participating in the library’s reference and faculty liaison program. It was an interesting footnote.
Continue reading An accidental archivist returns to schoolThe world of librarianship is filled with interesting origin stories: second careers, third careers, accidental librarianship; some folks even choose this path early in life out of a love of reading, or a deep bond with their childhood librarian. Here is my version. I did not have a deep bond with my childhood librarian, nor […]
Continue reading Well, how did I get here?
Sharing details about my first time attending the American Association of Law Libraries annual meeting in Portland, Oregon.
Continue reading Reflections on AALL 2025