Librarian of Things

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.

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.

I’m back nerds!

§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…

Today the library is closed as is my place of work’s tradition on the last day of Reading Week. But as I have three events (helping in a workshop, giving a presentation, participating in a focus group) in my calendar, I’m just going to work the day and bank the time for later. §1 Barbara…

Another week in which I was doing a lot of behind the scenes work. §1 Duly noted: Here’s the article in full. §2 Years ago, I gave a keynote called Libraries are for use. And by use, I mean copying that featured the short and sad story of a person who was unable to donate…

§1 Last Friday I was interviewed for the podcast The Grasscast — a game-themed podcast named after the book, The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia. I ramble a little bit in the episode as I tried to be more open and conversational than concise and correct. But I also spoke that way because for some…

I don’t have much that I can report in this week’s note. You are just going to have to take my word that this week, a large amount of my time was spent at meetings pertaining to my library department, my union, and anti-black racism work. §1 Last year, around this same time, some colleagues…