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Joanna Russell Bliss posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 1 hour, 25 minutes agoFor those of us fascinated by etymology and the evolution of language, a post from Merriam Webster: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/essay-vs-assay-usage
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Amber Bales posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 5 days, 16 hours agoI really enjoyed this afternoon’s discussion with M.Casey. I was struck by the comment that anyone would ask ANY institution – especially a library- what they were doing with all the money they were saving during closure! In my workplace funding is rarely an issue but tax revenue went down over the summer and that meant a delay in our cash flow.…[Read more]
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@amberbales Hi Amber
I really enjoy the discussion with Casey as well. You’re totally right that the more adjustments being made to our workflow because of covid is causing more expenses. I really appreciated how Casey is clearly such an advocate for his employees. He also seems like an awesome person to work with!
Nice seeing you in the Zoom…[Read more]-
@amberbales @deanau I would love to know what the person who asked about “savings” during a pandemic does for a living. Anyone who has run a business knows that duing a closure, even of a business that’s not selling something for a profit, still has to pay rent and utilities when it’s closed, plus now everyone has to buy more cleaning supplies and…[Read more]
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@amberbales @deanau @jrblibrarian I was so happy after we finished ups last night. The conversation was so good and interesting. Michael — IMHO — is an amazing administrator and librarian.
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Ariel Dyer posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 1 week, 1 day agoHi all and happy Monday! I came across this upcoming webinar and thought classmates may be interested: Viewing of Surveillance In an Era of Pandemic & Protest + Live Librarian Discussion Afterwards https://www.facebook.com/events/3357483311000613
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What a great webinar, not just because of the topic and presenters but the live librarian discussion as well. Thanks very much, Ariel!
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Wow – that is interesting! Thanks for sharing.
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Yep, definitely going to have to watch this. Thank you for sharing @dyerariel!
For additional links between surveillance, protests, and technology, y’all may like this Brookings recording and an article written by the organizer, Dr. Nicole Turner Lee.…[Read more]
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Ciera Pasturel posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 1 week, 1 day agoI found this tweet on Twitter and I had to share it. The comments are also worth looking at. https://twitter.com/SketchesbyBoze/status/1304555319817797634
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Yes, @cierapasturel that’s definitely sad but true.
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@cierapasturel There is a lot in those comments. I agree about the national library – would be nice to have one that offers services to the whole US.
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@cierapasturel This kind of reminds me a bit of what’s happening with the Internet Archive. I found this recent article from The Nation: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/publishers-are-taking-the-internet-to-court/
It’s different than a traditional library and it’s an interesting controversy that surrounds it.
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Joanna Russell Bliss posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 1 week, 2 days agoReading the first article from @michael about sharing stories made me think of something we’ve been doing at SMU that I wanted to share with you all. The Voices of SMU project grew out of an oral histories class in 2018 and from the beginning has included interviews with a variety of students, but it always emphasized the importance of recording…[Read more]
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@jrblibrarian Super cool! I just emailed @eleanorhill (who is doing a WordPress independent study with me, along with @narrability) – we will add this to Module 10. Nice example of stories from an academic library.
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Awesome @michael! Please let me know if you’d like to connect with Joan Gosnell, our university archivist who has been working on the project with students and our digital collections team. She’s a great librarian, and I’m sure she’d be happy to share more about the project.
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Genesee Rickel (she/her) posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 1 week, 2 days agoA few years ago my library system started a leadership program for staff (those with 20 hours a week or more, which leaves out Pages, I definitely have feelings about that). Ever since my library system started using Teams during the Pandemic, we’ve (LEADS participants) been much more connected. Each year has had a different cohort of staff, so…[Read more]
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This is great @gmrickel — thanks for sharing!
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@gmrickel This is amazing – thanks for posting!
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@jrblibrarian & @michael – you both may also appreciate this article on mutual aid: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/no-new-normal-after-coronavirus
Part of what we do in libraries is connect folks with community resources. Being familiar with the mutual aid efforts within the communities we serve would be super helpful! We did a bit of info…[Read more]
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@gmrickel Cool!
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Joanna Russell Bliss posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 1 week, 6 days agoHi y’all! I came across an article for my Academic Libraries class that seemed to be talking to a lot of what we’ve been discussing about the interconnectivity in modern libraries. I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on her discussion of cyberinfrastructure and communication, particularly in regards to her comments on the future of…[Read more]
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@jrblibrarian Cool! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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No problem @michael! I think one of the things I like best about this class is the myriad discussions about topics that do and do not relate directly to our class. Given our continued isolation, I’ve really needed this type of interaction, and I don’t always get it from my UNT discussions.
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@jrblibrarian That’s what the groups and blogs are for – it’s important to me to allow for multiple channels of communication. And connection!
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Joanna Russell Bliss posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 3 weeks, 4 days agoI’m curious — after reading what Casey and Savastinuk say about internal blogs and ongoing internal communication, is anyone else working at a library that uses Slack or Teams or something else to communicate with colleagues? All of the libraries at SMU recently started using Teams, and it’s been a great help to stay on top of the constant…[Read more]
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The public library where I work(ed up until mid-January) started using Discord, but then switched to Slack. It was especially useful for circulation staff who needed to keep up to date with any daily changes/info that might need to be relayed to library visitors. I thought it worked well as a way to group info/announcements in specific channels so…[Read more]
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@kayzdaze2020 that makes sense — that if everyone doesn’t have a computer where they can log in, it would be hard to keep up. Our intern team is small, so we have a private chat channel on Slack for the 6 of us. The libraries as a whole use Teams. They started in January, but it got much more important when we all got sent home in March. It seems…[Read more]
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My district uses Workplace ( owned by Facebook). I think it has been really intuitive for our staff because it operates almost exactly like Facebook. Recently they added a Knowledge Library to the platform that essentially is duplicating the efforts of Sharepoint as a place to find forms and documents. Still, I think the goal of having a…[Read more]
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@amberbales Yes, I think that’s why I prefer Teams to Slack — we can post necessary files + discuss updates in the same space. Thanks for sharing!
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@jrblibrarian @kayzdaze2020 @amberbales This is super interesting to me because we do not use these tools as a faculty. I have heard of some universities going to Slack for an extra channel for classes. This would be a great question for Michael Casey when he joins us for chat.
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@michael Sounds like a plan!
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@jrblibrarian we started using Teams shortly after the pandemic hit and it has been SO helpful with much of our staff working from home on various devices. To help with the learning curve, our IT department set up several “office hours” session and guided trainings so that everyone would know how to use it. With the shift to curbside services,…[Read more]
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Yes, that’s one of the down sides of such interactivity, right @gmrickel? I started working from home 12 years ago, so I’ve tried to set schedules where I rarely answer work questions after a certain time. (She says after 5 pm. Oops.)
The upside is the added flexibility. Case in point: I drove to St. Louis from Dallas on Sunday bc my mom had kne…[Read more]
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I agree @jrblibrarian, having a schedule and a clear set of boundaries definitely helps! I think there are also timers for apps if you don’t want notifications from some of your apps during certain hours- something to look into. The flexibility is a huge benefit!
What does Slack offer that Teams doesn’t? I mostly lurk of the social Slack gro…[Read more]
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@gmrickel Our team of interns is using the free version of Slack, so there may be ways to use it that are not available to us. We primarily use it for communication, formal and informal — sharing of information about working the reference desk, articles that relate to us as librarians, that crazy reference inquiry where the person chatting in…[Read more]
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Chip McAuley posted an update in the tribe
Connection Cafe' 3 weeks, 6 days agoThis is the first time I’ve been in a cafe in six months!
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@chipmcauley Ha! Me too. Other than carryout, I have been to one place since March 13. We sat outside at a winery.
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Sounds like the place to be!!!
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Lol, me too! Although I did get some delicious take-out food for lunch today to help support a local restaurant!
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@michael @mybluecastle Sounds like if we all put our heads together we can come up with a virtual picnic!
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Yum!!!
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Super cool! I like the idea of a virtual picnic. We had 12 weeks of Saturday night Zoom Happy Hours when all this started.
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