Digital Life Librarian Job Description

Here is a job description from CityLibraries Townsville in Queensland, Australia from 2019. My colleague Warren Cheetham is Coordinator, Planning and Business Development there. I visited Warren while in Australia in 2018. Take look at this bit and then grab the PDF to see the full job. Note the nuances of Australian library work. Townsville.Position Information_Digital […]

Oodi in Helsinki

Hey all – a colleague in LIS George Needham was in Helsinki and paid a visit to the central library Oodi (I believe it is pronounced “ode”) Here are some of his pictures. This library might be a choice for a globally themed inspiration report!

Checking In

Hey all – I just want to do a general check in with everyone and see how you are doing. Remember we are operating under fluid dates for assignments but also I just want make sure everybody’s doing OK. It feels like there is a lot of churn in the world right now, so please […]

This…. this is what we do.

I'd like to thank the library worker @RichmondLibs who treated my dad with such kindness and compassion when he was returning my mother's books after she passed away. You made a painful event more human and manageable for him. It meant the world. — Nicholas Poole (@NickPoole1) October 1, 2022

Inspiration: Robots from Texas

David Daghita at McKinney PL shared these presentations about new tech innovations with me via former #hyperlib student Nick. One covers the implementation of the mobile roaming in the library and the other is on using ROBOTS as book carts! Take a look if you have time. Mckinney Mobility Make like a Robot Presentation