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Editing books
Two of my favorite projects I’ve worked on as a faculty librarian have been the two books I’ve co-edited (one of which is still in progress). The first of those, Critical Approaches to Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses, was a collaboration…
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2021 in review
As part of the annual evaluation process at my university, we each draft a self-evaluation describing our major accomplishments over the past year in the three big areas of librarianship, service, and professional growth and development. Every year I tell…
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Comprehensive review of library programs
I’ll start this new series off with this project, since it’s currently in progress. So, if you’ve worked on a project like this before and have helpful suggestions and things to watch out for, I welcome hearing from you! This…
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A new focus in 2022
I’m not big on New Year’s Resolutions, but a lot of little reflections really coalesced for me around this new year. Until the past year or so, I was planning to spend the rest of my career where I am.…
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Ch-ch-ch-changes…
This past year has brought a lot of changes for me professionally, without even getting into the influence of the coronavirus! For a long time, I really enjoyed being just a run of the mill faculty librarian – there’s a…
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Info Lit lesson ideas
I let this blog go dormant for a while – partly because I was busy, partly because I just didn’t have any good ideas to write about. But, Eamon Tewell recently tweeted a request for ideas for info lit lessons…
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Seeking a diverse candidate pool
Professional librarianship is still overwhelmingly white, even when the communities we work with are not. We talk a good game about wanting to become more diverse, we post ads that say we value diversity, and then we lament that all…
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Back to school
Tomorrow is the first day of fall semester at my university. I’m looking forward to the first day of class on Thursday! Yes, it will be the “syllabus day“, but it’s also a time to set the tone for the…