How I Became a Librarian
I’ve been tagged to tell you how I became a librarian, and so, as I wait for the broadcast of the Olympic opening ceremonies to start, I’m sitting here with a smile on my face as I remember the moment...
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Looky Looky!
I’m pretty excited. The book that contains the chapter that my co-worker and I wrote is now really and truly published! I can’t wait to see what the other authors wrote about, but I can tell you that...
View ArticleNerves
I’ve been diligently getting ready for my part of the preconference workshop that Amanda Etches-Johnson, Jason Griffey, Jenica Rogers-Urbanek, Steve Lawson and I are doing at Internet Librarian. It’s...
View ArticleFour Years
Since the age of 14, I’ve been measuring my life in four-year increments. Each increment had its own challenge, and each one culminated in its own major life transition. But now, for the first time in...
View ArticleWell Hello, Blog
Yesterday, I had reason to point someone toward a couple of old blog posts I’d written. Popping over here to collect the links brought me up against a sobering realization, though: I posted once last...
View ArticleI Interrupt This Blog…
… to bring you pieces from my past. This past summer I traveled to Chicago to hang out with librarians who were attending ALA Annual, but I took one day to ride the train out to the suburb I’d lived...
View ArticleThe Age of Big Access
This week I had a post published over at ACRLog called The Age of Big Access. It starts: While we were all busy wondering what it means to be a librarian in the Age of Google, we got flanked. This is...
View ArticleUncovering Research Practices in Student Writing
When I was a baby librarian, I thought Information Literacy was about searching and evaluating. The ACRL standards had some other stuff in there, but it seemed like abstract stuff that I couldn’t do...
View ArticleAlice in Libraryland
SLA’s Future Ready 365 team invited me to add an honorary “special” to my librarian credentials and write a post for them, so I wrote Alice in Libraryland. The first paragraph isn’t very...
View ArticleCSI(L) Carleton: Forensic Librarians and Reflective Practices
“Wait, this is information literacy?” a rhetorician at our workshop exclaimed in excited surprise. “But this is so cool!” And we wanted to respond “YES!” not only from joyful pride but also out of...
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Classes and Appointments over the years
I’m currently writing my annual review document… or rather, procrastinating on writing my annual review document. In the process I made a graph: For the last three years we’ve been making a concerted...
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USE-MAN! Copyright Basics for Academic Contexts
[A couple months ago I was asked to give a very brief overview of the use of copyrighted materials in teaching and research. The audience was faculty, staff, and students interested in the digital...
View ArticleWe’re Published! “Swimming the Matrix: A Dialogue on Teaching Undergraduate...
Danielle Theiss and Kiane Kovacs have edited and published a book inspired by the work and writings of Barbara Fister, one of the librarians I most respect in the profession for her complex thinking,...
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Joining the Journal of Creative Library Practice
Another year, another adventure. This year I’m honored, excited, and a little nervous to be trying my hand at editing a journal! Joe Kraus recently invited me to join the editorial board of the Journal...
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“Information Literacy vs. the Demagogue” over at the JCLP
The Journal of Creative Library Practice (a journal of which I am an editor) has just published a thought piece by Mark Lenker, “Information Literacy vs. the Demagogue.” If you’ve ever wondered what...
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The Journal of Creative Library Practice is accepting papers and manuscripts
The Journal of Creative Library Practice (JCLP) is accepting papers and manuscripts concerning library instruction. We know that many librarians employ creative techniques to teach library instruction...
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Locations of Literacy: Information Literacy (plenary panel at MnWE 2014)
Yesterday I was honored to be invited to join the opening plenary panel at the Minnesota Writers and English conference. The panel was on the theme of Locations of Literacy, and the other panelists...
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Situating Information Literacy Within the Curriculum: Using a Rubric to Shape...
For the past 5 years my department in the library at Carleton College have developed and engaged in an ongoing assessment project, the Information Literacy in Student Writing (ILSW) project. We...
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Living and working with a chronic illness
Last week was Chronic Illnesses week. Last week was also the first week of classes at my institution, so time and energy for reflective blogging was at a pretty low ebb. But perhaps it’s in keeping...
View ArticleCall Me Ms. Information Literacy: Two Sessions at the Minnesota Library...
As it turns out, I’ll be presenting at MLA not once but twice this week, so if you’re headed there be sure to stop by and say hi! First I’ll be part of a panel with Jason Paul of St. Olaf and Rachel...
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