Aside from just about everything, what kind of technology should librarians know how to use? This go-round, I’m answering the question based on my own experiences as a librarian and general information professional.
Continue reading “Librarians should know these technologies”Libraries Without Borders: Helping the world one box at a time
For this years Project for Awesome, I decided to make a video highlighting Libraries Without Borders! LWB does great work in addressing the information needs of people affected by disasters and other things outside of their control.
Continue reading “Libraries Without Borders: Helping the world one box at a time”What comes after my MLIS?
Now that I’m finishing Grad School with my MLIS, what am I going to do with my life? Well, it turns out that it’s… complicated. It’s been a busy month — I went to two conferences and also moved house — and on Friday I’m done with school… FOREVER (probably). I haven’t found a job yet, but I’ve got some ideas… !
Continue reading “What comes after my MLIS?”Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (annotated + commentary)
(Note: this was screened on October 29th. To view the running chat, click here view this video at YouTube itself.)
Hey everyone! This movie came out last month and I loved it a lot because it gives some important details on why paywalls exist, and what some of the alternatives to them are! AND SINCE YOUTUBE PREMIERES IS NOW A THING, I wanted to give folks a chance to ask questions and get them answered! So I added some annotations to make it more understandable for laypeople, as well as contact info for EVERY.SINGLE.INTERVIEWEE so you can ask them questions, too.
Continue reading “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship (annotated + commentary)”Yes, libraries have e-Books! But it’s, uh, complicated.
I love e-books! I’d check them out from my local library more often if I could, but it seems like there’s always a backlog of holds for the popular ones. Why is that? Turns out, it’s complicated. Today on Stacks & Facts, we explore why libraries sometimes struggle to meet their patrons’ demands for e-books.
Continue reading “Yes, libraries have e-Books! But it’s, uh, complicated.”Tattoos, Mr. Rogers, and the Case for Responsible Information
Where do tattoos come from, and why do we get them? Folks usually get tattoos to reflect something about themselves — but that’s not always the case. This video looks at some examples of that over the past six millennia, medical tattooing, tattooing in Polynesian cultures, the Holocaust, Mr. Rogers, and the internet’s effect on empathy.
Continue reading “Tattoos, Mr. Rogers, and the Case for Responsible Information”World Book Day – What is iSchool@UBC reading?
Interested in any of the books below? Find a copy at a local library by going to WorldCat.org, and it’ll find you the closest copy at the closest library to you. What a deal! Thanks to all the patient faculty at UBC’s iSchool who put up with my shenanigans daily. Continue reading “World Book Day – What is iSchool@UBC reading?”
Metadata for Good and Evil
What is metadata, why does it matter, and what can we do with it? Time to develop a new superpower! Please, just use it for good.
Let’s Talk Sex (Education), with Lindsey Doe
In this go-round, we talk to Lindsey Doe about how people go looking for information, when that information happens to be sex. We cover barriers (ha, unintended pun) and behaviours that people are confronted with, and how to overcome them so that we can live our bestest, sexiest lives. Continue reading “Let’s Talk Sex (Education), with Lindsey Doe”
What is Information?
How do you define information, and how does that definition overlap or differ with how others might define it? In this video, we look at some definitions Inside (and outside) of Information Science to see if we can develop a nice, one-size-fits-all definition for everyone. Continue reading “What is Information?”