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Getting Past Misunderstanding


On Friday I was at the LJ/Temple Library Future Symposium. I was on a panel with some great folks about bridging the culture gaps in our libraries. Courtney Young, our moderator framed the panel in terms of misunderstandings, and I found this to be really enlightening. Many of the problems we face when groups interact [...]

Change Agent Librarians


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 Tao of Librarianship


Taoism is, among other things, a philosophy that originated in China in the 3rd or 4th century BCE. It began with Lao Tzu’s writing of the Tao Te Ching and is still around today. It is a philosophy which values balance, moderation, compassion and being pliant and adaptable. There is a wealth of wisdom from the Taoist [...]