Dear Hyperlinked Library Class Spring 2025, I wanted to take a moment to reach out and share some thoughts. I’ve been deeply involved in chairing two significant committees within our College of Information, Data, and Society. It’s important work, but it has required much of my focus recently. On top of that, the recent national […]
Written by Michael Stephens
From the TC Ticker: However, patrons have a right to appeal the committee’s decision to the TADL board of trustees, which happened in this case. Howard says it’s the first time in library staff’s memory such a request has been elevated to trustees, whose decision is final. Numerous groups have written to TADL opposing the […]
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This one popped up here in Michigan a few years ago. What do you think? (bolding mine) CLASSIFICATION: Librarian (ET. – 40 hours) POSITION TITLE: Creative Services Librarian REPORTS TO: Adult Services and Reference, Department Head POSITION SUMMARY: The Creative Services Librarian manages, develops and delivers innovative programming in a creative environment. Utilizes hands-on training […]
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Greetings all. There’s been a lot of discussion about artificial intelligence of late and I know we have that conference up-and-coming in a couple of days. Here is something that was shared in a recent faculty technology section. Notebook LM from Google actually allows users to upload an article or some such and create a […]
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Greetings everyone. This might be a very useful thing to register for because you will get access to the recordings if you cannot attend on the day. https://www.library20.com/ai-and-libraries-3 Here’s a message I shared with my INFO 200 class: I want to bring your attention to an exciting and timely opportunity to deepen your understanding of […]
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Hey all – I wanted to check in and let you know that one of my duties this school year has been to chair the School of Information’s annual director review. We are currently in the report-writing phase, which means I’m deep in survey data and heavily involved in pulling everything together. I don’t want […]
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Hey all – I’ve heard from some of you that there’s just so much going on in personal life as well as in the world. (Same here!) To help ease the pressure, I’d like to propose FLUID DUE DATES for the rest of the term. This means you can work on assignments as you are […]
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Greetings all – Please say hello to @tylerlazzareschi and add his blog to your feed readers: https://287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu/tjlazz/
Written by Michael Stephens
From last year but I wanted to share. For background, please see: https://www.wndu.com/2023/08/29/discussion-sexually-explicit-books-st-joseph-county-public-library/ I worked for 15 years at SJCPL. This issue felt close to home for me. This is the statement read by Dawn Mathews, Director of Branch Services at SJCPL at the meeting. I think it is powerful. The first amendment to the […]