On the Job, But Not the Org Chart: Leading from a Position New to Your Library, by Rana Hutchinson Salzmann

source As of this writing, I�m approaching the end of my first decade in librarianship. Yikes! How did that happen? I�d earned an MA in Engl...

Embracing Librarianship, Warts and All: My ENY/ACRL Keynote

Note: This is as close as I can come to recreating the keynote I gave at the annual conference of the Eastern New York chapter of the Associ...

Gone Fishin': Be Back Next Week

I'm goin' fishin' (well, to a conference, actually), but I promise I'll be back next week.

Project Announcements: The Masterplan & Talos: Road to Gehenna

Okay, so both these projects were already announced but I was too busy writing them to say anything about it. The Masterplan I played The Ma...

All In: Getting the Most Out of the ACRL Immersion Program, by Carolyn Ciesla

When I was in college, one of the seven (shush) majors I had over those four years was education. I wanted to teach� maybe theatre, probably...

Welcome to Our World

We're wearing goofy hats this week - exams week - for comedy relief for students. #librarylife #librarydirectorlife pic.twitter.com/Q5...

Fixing a noisy motor in a NAD 5120 turntable

I was recently given a NAD 5120 by my good pal Stephen Ansell from HiFi Hangar . The Deck was in very good condition, but had a noisy motor ...

Just for Fun: The Squirrel of my Dreams

@olinj Oh! I meant to tell you. I saw a squirrel stop mid-run to scratch his (her?) armpit and, uh, thought of you. Jeez. That sounds bad. ...

Mistakes Happne

source Today is another post where I'm not sure I have advice so much as questions, but it's been on my mind a lot lately so I want ...

Trivial Pursuit Bet You Know It Game review.

I had forgotten we actually owned this game until the wife pulled it out this weekend. Trivial Pursuit Bet You Know It isn�t a game we play...