Information Tyrannosaur

Two weeks ago I attended an event for the kickoff of the Native Creative Consortium of Vermont. They brought in Nathan Shedroff, a pioneer in Experience Design. His talk was fascinating. He talked about how everything is an experience and that companies and organizations, whether consciously or not, are creating certain types of experiences for [...]

There is a lot to be proud of in the world of libraries. There are a lot of creative and innovative ideas. I see a lot of passion and enthusiasm. But there is also a lot that needs to change. The scholarly publishing system is broken, we need to figure out how we are going [...]

The classroom is a wonderful environment. I truly enjoy teaching students in the classroom and I loved taking classes. That is the principal place we think of where learning takes place. But the sort of learning that takes place there is facilitated. It is instructor directed and mediated. As educators though, both professors and librarians, [...]