Erin and I announced Looks Like Library Science open for submission a little over a year ago on February 13th. This project has been so much fun! Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo! If you haven't submitted a photo - you still can - see instructions at the end. I've learned that Tumblr is great ...
Doing more with less is a bad joke on people who have made a living making something from nothing. Two years ago George Needham was a speaker at my library's staff day. I'm not sure these were his exact words, but it is pretty close and you get the idea. It stuck with me. Libraries and ...
It has been just over a month since Erin and I launched This is What a Librarian Looks Like. This is a fun, light-hearted project is a complement to the Library Day in the Life Project with the simple purpose of highlighting librarians with "photos of real librarians in their real lives doing real stuff". It has been so ...
I'm so excited to announce this new project! As the ultimate compliment to Library Day in the Life we bring you This is What a Librarian Looks Like! What: a site to go beyond the bun and challenge old, outdated librarian stereotypes with photos of real librarians in their real lives doing real stuff :-) Who: YOU! The site is ...
Last week I participated in an online Twitter conversation led by Charlotte Abbott at Follow the Reader. When Charlotte asked me to be a guest in the discussion the topic was how to increase ebook adoption in libraries. We knew the topic was going to be interesting when the conversation got intense on twitter before ...