These are posts from the blog of Mita Williams called The Librarian of Things
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How I added (another) heat pump to my home (and why)
I am not going to wait for you to ask me about my home’s new heat pump.
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Now Is The Time of Facing Monsters
On June 22nd, I gave the opening keynote for the 2026 Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (aka CAPAL-ACBES)…
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What if we used AI as an excuse to provide structured open data to our communities?
On Wednesday, April 8th, I gave a presentation called What if we used AI as an excuse to provide structured open data to our communities?
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If large language model use is ascendant and unavoidable, why is there so little discussion about the importance of vocabulary?
There is a moon in the sky called the moon. Oh, you wanted a better description?
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How I Generate Solar Power (and why)
You can (and must) understand (and invest) in solar power now
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Library Futures: Information Literacy in the Age of GenAi: my slides, notes, and an addendum
This post includes my presentation made before the Library Futures panel discussion about Ai and IL. It also includes an addendum of a couple points I wish I could have added at the time.
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Dec 11: Information Literacy in the Age of GenAi
What happens when generative AI enters the spaces where students research, learn, and work? Join myself, Dr. Andrea Baer, and Dr. Damien Patrick Williams on December 11, 2025 at 1pm ET/10am PT to discuss what could come next for this discussion hosted by Library Futures.
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The internet was designed to route around gatekeepers
We can create space where students grow in confidence as they develop their own abilities as they gain new ways of understanding. But that space will require gate-keeping.
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How I use Signal (and Why)
This blog post will go into why I use Signal as my personal messaging app of choice and to point out its features in hopes that it might convince you to use Signal as well.
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How *you* (librarians and those working in publishing, law, and government) should use ActivityPub and Why
This post contains reasons why librarians and those working in publishing, law, and government should pay some attention to ActivityPub