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Now that I've finished praising the basic approach of the ACRL document Changing Roles of Academic and Research Libraries, it's time to express my concern about one of its ideas. The first of the three "essential actions" recommended in this...
One of the notable tenets of the Library 2.0 philosophy is the centrality of the user. Library 2.0 reaffirms the library as a user-centered enterprise, and then looks for ways to incorporate users' information culture into the culture of the...
I ran across a reference the other day to the matter of tenure, and it raised questions in my mind about certain received ideas about this phenomenon. I realize that the issue of tenure is a controversial one, and I'm...
The anonymous Annoyed Librarian has turned her sharp gaze on a couple of my blog postings, most recently in her post From Your Crusty Colleagues. This was a response to my entry about collegiality. It was a fun read, though...
A couple of months ago, I mentioned that my dean asked me to give him a list of recommended Library 2.0-related projects when my sabbatical ends. I also noted that this blog began as a project to help me write...
From my first days on the job as an academic librarian a dozen years ago, I've heard the word "collegial" expressed routinely, and in tones of high respect. If you're known as collegial, you've generally got it made. It's an...