I knew this moment would come, but I didn’t expect it to come as soon as it did. Until that moment, I had begun to settle into my first semester as an instruction librarian, my ease growing as the content I taught introducing our library’s resources, databases, and basic research and information literacy strategies to … Continue reading "The Trap of Knowing"
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Faster pace, faster burnout Before I decided to become a librarian, I spent a few years living in a remote area of Northern California. The tiny economy in this coastal redwood town necessitated that I employ myself through a combination of part-time jobs, one of which was working in the restaurant of a small, family-owned … Continue reading "On building the capacity to find rest."
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Editor’s Note: This guest post has been authored by Alejandro Marquez (Science and Engineering Librarian at the University of Denver Libraries) and Brady Niemitalo Woods (Patron Training Specialist at Jefferson County Public Library, Colorado). The fall semester started recently, marking the beginning of a new school year. Imagine a new student at a college or … Continue reading "Library Patron Loneliness: Strategies for Building Community and Connection"
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I am so tired of waiting.Aren’t you,For the world to become goodAnd beautiful and kind?Let us take a knife And cut the world in two—And see what worms are eatingAt the rind.Langston Hughes, “Tired” To my American colleagues, I am anxious for your future. Who knows what will happen to post-secondary education under the new … Continue reading "Tired"
As I sit here in the deep dread and horror of the U.S. results we woke up to, literally fighting the urge to throw up, I am thinking about the National Archives. Why? U.S. Archivist, Colleen Shogan, appointed by President Biden, is a textbook example of obeying in advance. She has “sought to de-emphasize negative … Continue reading "Do not obey in advance"
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Editor’s Note: This guest post has been authored by Shaharima Parvin (Senior Assistant Librarian at East West University in Dhaka, Bangladesh) and Md. Abdul Latif (Assistant Librarian at East West University in Dhaka, Bangladesh). Libraries have always been the centers of knowledge and community. With the advancement of technology, changes in libraries should also occur … Continue reading "IoT in Bangladesh Libraries: A Path to Transformation"
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Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Brianna Calomino, Digital Projects Librarian at the University of Calgary, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2024-2025 year here at ACRLog. As International Open Access Week 2024 comes to a close, I’m faced again with reflections on why switching to Open Access (OA) … Continue reading "Open Access: It’s Not Just a Nice Thing to Do"
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Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Jonathan Rowe, Associate Instruction Services Librarian at Boston College, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2024-2025 year here at ACRLog. As Brat Summer ends, we are entering what my spouse likes to call “Irish Autumn,” a season they say has fading sunshine, ever-growing … Continue reading "Approaching First-year Library Instruction in an Election Season"
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Editor’s Note: Please join us in welcoming Heidi Yarger, Health Sciences Librarian at Baylor University, as a new First Year Academic Librarian Experience blogger for the 2024-2025 year here at ACRLog. In the spring of 2021, I was lucky enough to be one of four M.A. students accepted into Indiana University’s Folklore & Ethnomusicology Department. … Continue reading "Information Literacy Beyond Fact-Checking"
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Back in March, I wrote about my experiences chairing a double search committee. I ended that blog post with questions around onboarding and what happens after a hire is successful. I’m happy to report our two searches were successful and our new folks started this summer. Now that our new departmental colleagues are settled, I … Continue reading "Lessons learned from onboarding new colleagues"
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Editor’s Note: This guest post has been authored by Amber Pierdinock-Weed. Amber is the Teaching and Learning Librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she works closely with the First-Year Writing Program and Learning Living Communities on campus. In June 2023, I started a position as a Teaching and Learning Librarian at the … Continue reading "What to Do When You’ve Been Approached for a Potential Partnership"
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I’ve been thinking a lot recently about mindset and attitude. For starters, I’ve taken on an interim position at another campus within my institution this year while continuing to manage my ongoing position. So I’ve had one foot in that “new job” space, more or less, working in a new context and getting to know … Continue reading "On being open to being open"
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Summer’s done, in case you haven’t heard. Tree leaves are turning yellow and being blown off their branches. We’re putting away our camp collar shirts, Birkenstocks, and frozen cocktails, and breaking out the wool sweaters, Blundstones, and hearty soup. Pool parties? More like gathering around a campfire late into the Fall – at least where … Continue reading "Back to School"
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As we enter a new academic year, we’re looking to bring on a few new first year academic librarian (FYAL) bloggers here at ACRLog. We’d like to thank our 2023-2024 FYAL bloggers Nery Alcivar-Estrella and Katie Kuipers for their terrific posts this past year in our First Year Academic Librarian Experience series. We’d also like … Continue reading "Seeking First Year Academic Librarian (FYAL) Bloggers"
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Editor’s note: This guest post has been authored by Jessie Loyer and Melissa Bowles-Terry. Jessie is Indigenous Engagement Librarian at University of Alberta. Melissa is the sciences librarian at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This post is the fifth in our series, “Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion.” This series was inspired by conversations during … Continue reading "Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: Community as Another Pillar?"
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When did we start to forget that computers, and everything they do, are still very much physical? The cobalt in the battery in my iPhone comes from Congo, the wifi starts with a router, cloud storage is stored in physical data farms that are disproportionally located in the Global South, and the processing required to … Continue reading "Technology is Physical"
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Editor’s note: This guest post has been authored by Carlos Duarte and Mary Broussard. Carlos is the Associate College Librarian for Public Services at Colorado College. Mary is the Arts and Humanities Librarian at Bucknell University. This post is the fourth in a four-part series, “Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion.” This series was inspired … Continue reading "Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: Critical Reflective Practice"
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