@jessicalee This is so important – I am glad you spelled it out: “to this day, I am still learning new functions of these machines, and I consider that as part of my professional development.”

I appreciate you […]

@karamackie My sincere apologies. I really think somehow a few students were deleted from my version of the OPML. I will catch up with your blog very soon. You did everything right. Greetings from London Paris

@emyer The not needing an MLIS for the position think is popular here in Michigan too.

The whatever it takes ethic is a worry… perhaps it could have been phrasing. Maybe something less boundary crossing.

@amyy Agree with your thoughts and the robust conversation here. I think it’s good to balance hiring from within with looking outside for folks when a position my benefit from a totally different perspective. Amen […]

@amyy – So glad you shared the Nina Simon video. Her work is stellar and I really appreciate how it can carry over into what we do in libraries as well. I was lucky to attend the conference a few years ago that […]

@seangrimes Totally understand. I did a research article on professional learning experiences of Australian public librarians. I interviewed 11 librarians (small study) with one question: “How do you learn for […]

I need to give this a 👍 @taylor

@rachelfleming Yes to daily texts and pictures. In 2018 I spent a month in Australia as a visiting professor and Cooper the Labrador was home with a dog sitter and she sent me a little stories every day of his […]

@tess They do! Sometimes though Billy wants to be the dominant one…he growls a bit…they they go off together.

@svalladolid Right! I forgot she did a follow up. I went to the first gaming in libraries symposium that Jenny hosted. It was very cool.

@ceallach Agreed!

@sydneyclark I so agree about your point related to fear and participatory services. When Michael and Laura wrote the book the landscape was much different and book challenges were probably few and far between. […]

@sydneyclark Yay for your intro – here’s the secret: this is a humanist class masquerading as a tech class! Your point about computer classes is well taken. I would say those classes fulfill an important need for […]

And then they were giant machines you fed cards into. First compeer was an Apple IIc.

Valerie – Thanks for this fun reflection. I graduated in 83. No computers until I hit college really.😀

@tinawolk I love this: Making stories enables inclusion. It’s a simple and beautiful statement that, ahem, speaks volumes!