I’m at the end of week three in my new job and have been thinking a lot about the process of on-boarding new employees. UH Libraries has a very comprehensive on-boarding and orientation program. With 50+ librarians that’s not surprising. I’ve had one-on-one meetings with… Read More
Thank you, Kelly McElroy, Jessica Schomberg, Kate Deibel, Court, and Cecily Walker for #LISMentalHealth week 2017. I missed last year’s events at a time when I probably could have really used them, and I feel so fortunate to be able to connect with other LIS workers about the daily continuing struggles… Read More
When my partner and I decided to spend our sabbatical year in Houston, we thought long and hard about where we wanted to live. Criteria included: In Town (we’d had enough of rural suburban living) Affordable (think very small apartment) Within walking/biking distance of Rice… Read More
I was invited to speak at the ACRL Delaware Valley Chapter Fall Forum at beautiful Swarthmore College last Friday, November 11 (thank you, Sarah Elichko!). The days leading up to the event were, to say the least, emotional. On Tuesday, Nov. 8 my family and… Read More
I just finished rereading David James Hudson’s recent article — On Dark Continents and Digital Divides — and I think I finally *get it* (insomuch as anyone can really *get* a text once it’s released into the academic wild). I do my best sense-making while… Read More
Fair warning: This post is way personal, but it comes back to librarianship eventually. When you grow up along the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexican surnames, like mine, are the norm. The teachers, classmates, doctors, customer service workers, or really anyone I interacted with there never had… Read More
