Responding to the ACRL draft Information Literacy Framework
As you are no doubt aware, ACRL is drafting a replacement for the Information Literacy Standards. They’re hoping for feedback on their draft of the Framework for Information Literacy in Higher...
View ArticleACRL Information Literacy Framework Feedback Deadline Extended
In case you haven’t heard (as I hadn’t) the deadline for submitting feedback on the ACRL Draft Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education (part 1 and part 2) has been extended. Submit...
View ArticleACRL Framework for Information Literacy: 3rd draft released
This is planned to be the last draft for comment on this Framework before it gets presented to the Powers That Be at ALA Midwinter, and the committee really has been good about listening to feedback...
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RIP FriendFeed, 2007-2015
You’d think I’d have a lot to say about the shuttering of FriendFeed, my online community, the place where I lived day in and day out for nearly 8 years (which matches the longest span of time I’ve...
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Calling All LSW Members: It’s time to reunite
Back in the ancient days of social networking, all the way back in 2007, my friend and former classmate Josh Neff posted a tweet that rocked the library world, we just didn’t know it yet. He declared...
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The Library Society of the World: Origin Story
Eleven years ago, in a browser far, far away, a dedicated and creative public librarian named Josh Neff opened his ALA membership renewal notice and sighed as he looked at the dues he would owe....
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I coded from an API for the first time, and so can you!
A couple of weeks ago, my library upped our Libguides instance to Libguides CMS, which means that a few weeks ago I came to be in charge of a system that has APIs for the first time in my life. We got...
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Libraries Are About Connections
Image by geralt People tend to see libraries as houses for collections. Sometimes they also see that we’re full of other things, too. People often see librarians as people who know how to navigate the...
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DIY Cloth Masks: Socially distant hugs you can launder
If you’re curious about how I arrived at this design, I wrote about that in this post. Materials tightly woven cotton or cotton/polyester cloth (like the cloth quilters use, or high quality...
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Video Production: One Novice’s Workflow
Like lots of us, my work pretty quickly shifted this year to emphasize remote instruction. And remote instruction means (among other things) instructional videos. And I have never made an...
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