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The Short Game And The Long Game


“Librarianship is not a set of skills to be learned, or a set of degrees to be mastered. Librarianship is a conversation that has taken place over millennia.” David Lankes recently had a great post about engaging in the big questions in the profession. He said that “bad conferences are filled with ‘how we do [...]

New Job Title: Innovation Catalyst Librarian


There are a growing number of positions that I’ve seen that are focused on new technologies and fresh ideas in libraries. From time to time I get questions or emails asking about my previous role as an Emerging Technologies Librarian and advice that I might have for people starting out in a similar role. While [...]

Change Drivers in Higher Education


I just began taking another MOOC called the Current/Future State of Higher Education (CFHE2012). I’ve already talked about why librarians should join a MOOC, and this one is really relevant to our work. It has to do with the change taking place in higher education. It’s also not simply a linear course but uses connectivist [...]