On my commute to work, I pass several different institutions that are (or used to be) convents or monasteries or seminaries, nestled in along the Hudson River. There’s also an episcopal church that has one of those lettered signs out … Continue reading
So, yes, the librarians come last. The thread on “Librarians” in The Atlas of New Librarianship, that is. While writing these posts, it has been very hard to divide these ideas into separate threads, they are so deeply woven together … Continue reading
The Mission of Librarians is to Improve Society through Facilitating Knowledge Creation in their Communities (Lankes, 2011) It is significant that “improve society” is at the beginning of this mission statement, not at the end – chronologically it should be at … Continue reading
While I was on campus at SU for my week’s residency with IST511, I worked on a group project on the subject of embedded librarians. This had me thinking night and day about community. Several times in The Atlas of … Continue reading
I’ve been facilitating knowledge creation in my community for a while now – as a college level instructor. At a quick glance, the mission for new librarians expressed by Lankes in his book The Atlas of New Librarianship seems like … Continue reading
A-ha. You know what I mean. You’ve had that moment when something broke through your thick skull. Sometimes it arrives there because someone’s hammered it through, repeating the same thing over and over. But when it’s been hammered through, it … Continue reading
The “Mission” thread in The Atlas of New Librarianship by David Lankes (2011) has me thinking about my ongoing process to define my personal mission. I guess I would say that my mission has broadened in recent years, but I’m surprised how … Continue reading
Librarian boot camp (at the Syracuse University iSchool, where I’m pursuing my MLIS) began with a meeting of the information league – a gathering of a wide range of information superheroes, meeting for the first time to begin a mission … Continue reading
