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New Ideas: Separating The Chaff From The Grain


I enjoyed both Karen Schneider’s post and Meredith Farkas’ follow-up post about devil’s advocates. They talk about new ideas and how they require a lot of experimentation and iterations as well as people to challenge them to make them stronger. I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while, and I think it’s a very important [...]

Librarians Have Skills That Pay The Bills


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 [...]

Convocation and Life Messages


Yesterday, a lot of life was breathed back into the campus.  All the faculty were back preparing for classes and getting last minute preparations ready.  A fair amount of students were also back.  The new freshman class was getting oriented to the place and orientation leaders were running around as well, doing an excellent job [...]