Author: Mita Williams
-
Weeknote 32
This week I’ve been working on the behind the scene logistics of hiring student IT consultants for the library as well as other projects that are in various stages of un-done-ness. September is approaching so quickly.
-
Weeknote 31
It was a short week as Monday was Emancipation Day. That’s my excuse why I’m writing up this weeknote on Saturday instead of Friday.
-
List Making
One of the ways that I like to kick the tires of a new-to-me bibliographic system is to try to make list of the CBC Massey Lectures with it.
-
Weeknote 29
This week I have tried to cycle and/or swim before work. After being sedentary for too long, it’s been taking some time to build back my capacity to do such things. It’s funny how I can accept this long on-ramp when it comes to exercising but I’m so more easily frustrated with myself and less…
-
Weeknote 28
This week I’ve moved into my new office. It is an opportunity to design the space so that it may evoke the right vibes. I recently received some fairy lights from my family for my birthday. I haven’t decided if these are for home or work, yet.
-
Thinking in Systems
You might not know this but I have a newsletter that I published every Saturday morning called The University of Winds. Today’s issue dovetails nicely with library-related and library-adjacent topics, so I thought I’d republish a part of it here as well.
-
Weeknote 27
Today marks my first work week back at the Leddy Library after my sabbatical. It would have been a better experience had I not developed infections in both my ears from my newly acquired enthusiasm for swimming laps.
-
Weeknote 9 (2021)
§1 Zotero PDF Reader A new look and functionality for Zotero’s PDF Reader is still in beta. I can’t wait for this version to be unleashed! §2 MIT D2O Earlier this week, MIT Press announced a new Open Access Monograph program. It appears that the transition of scholarly ebooks to another form of subscription product…