For the first time ever, I decided to attend BCLA (well as much as I could). While I don’t normally go to BCLA, there were a couple of sessions I really wanted to attend and I got a session accepted too! Continue reading “BCLA 2014: A First”
Tag: reflection
Code4Lib 2014: A Big Year
Code4lib was a big year this year, in many ways.
LibTechConf 2014: A Reflection
After all the conferences and the craziness at work, LibTechConf seems like ages ago and though it’s been a little while, I wanted to write the usual reflection that I do. I wish I had done it sooner now, but I’m finally getting to it. Continue reading “LibTechConf 2014: A Reflection”
MozFest 2013 Reflection: Making & Teaching
After almost 2 weeks, I almost feel like the Mozilla Festival was a dream, but an awesome one, one where people were very productive, one where people were inspired and inspiring. I once again thought I’d have a very tiny role simply as a participant this year, but just like last year, I was proved wrong. Warning, this is no way told in a chronological order. Continue reading “MozFest 2013 Reflection: Making & Teaching”
We Can Shape “The Great Age of Librarians”
Thanks to @fsayre, I was recently reading Breaking the barriers of time and space: the dawning of the great age of librarians by T. Scott Plutchak. It’s an interesting look back on the past, how the printed book changed libraries, and how we can be entering “the great age of librarians” with the shift to digital. I thought I would reflect on this a little more. I’m not sure I will come to any better conclusion, but perhaps how this might apply to myself and others. It’s a smattering of thoughts, so I may have to rewrite this later, but I hope this will get some people thinking and discussing. Continue reading “We Can Shape “The Great Age of Librarians””