Presentation = Speech + Slides
By Derik Badman Back in October, Aaron Schmidt posted “HOWTO give a good presentation” to his blog walking paper. His second bullet point of “thoughts”... Read More
Social networking with a brain: a critical review of academic sites
By Kim Leeder Social networking may have started out as a way for students to keep track of their friends, but it has expanded in... Read More
Our Librarian Bodies. Our Librarian Selves.
By Emily Ford Librarians are great at taking care of their patrons. We will conduct searches for our patrons and provide them with the resources... Read More
Editorial: Getting to Know You
As a holiday break, the six of us decided to answer three questions about ourselves. We’ll have a new “real” post next week from Emily.... Read More
A Useful Amplification of Records That Are Unavoidably Needed Anyway
By Brett Bonfield Depending on books can feel like relying on snail mail. “Now that I’ve showed you how to find some articles,” I say... Read More
Swings and Roundabouts
By Hilary Davis “If where our scientists are and how they work is fundamentally changing, doesn’t that fundamentally change how we support them?” (Luce, 2008... Read More
Sticking it to Instruction
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath & Dan Heath By Ellie Collier I always feel the need to... Read More
Pro-Con-ference
By Derik Badman Earlier this month, I presented at a one-day conference. Everything happened ordinarily. My submission of an abstract was accepted and I was... Read More
Google, stupidity, and libraries
By Kim Leeder As a teenager, I never tried drugs because I didn’t like the idea of any substance affecting the processes of my brain.... Read More
On the ALA Membership Pyramid
“…i [sic] only renew [my ALA membership] out of a sense of professional obligation, and also because of the fear that i’ll [sic] put it... Read More