Information Tyrannosaur

Sarah Houghton-Jan recently conducted a survey over Twitter about why people continue to work in libraries. The results were interesting, but also thought provoking. It made me think about my own career as a librarian and the skills I’ve developed. One of the reasons that people gave for continuing to work in libraries was “Fear [...]

There has been a ton of talk online about the most recent privacy debacle, stemming from Facebook’s Open Graph and other privacy changes. One interesting point of view was that of tech blogger Robert Scoble who wished that Facebook was more open, because right now only 5000 people can see his page. In contrast to this [...]

We had an all campus retreat this week. It was all day and the chairs were uncomfortable, but there were periods of illumination and inspiration. One of these periods was when someone at our table told of a moment of affirmation when a student was really in their shell while studying abroad. This staff member [...]