Hey all! Chilly here and I’m enjoying a cup of tea in my favorite mug.
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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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Take a look at this job listing a colleague sent me a couple of years ago. Very interesting mix of duties and requirements. You’ll see some things here that you are doing in this class! 🙂 Bolding is mine. Announcement: The University of Texas at Arlington Library invites applications from highly motivated, innovative, forward thinking professionals […]
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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
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Posted a last year at Skokie PL: Experiential Learning Supervisor Pay Grade: 9 (Exempt) Full-time Schedule includes regular nights and weekends The Experiential Learning Supervisor works in collaboration with, and under the supervision of, the Learning Experiences Manager to coordinate logistics, workflows, and service models in the three learning spaces of the library: the BOOMbox, […]
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https://library.ucf.edu/news/debut-of-the-hitt-maker-podcast-studio-meeting-the-evolving-needs-of-students-and-faculty/ Matt DeSalvo, Manager of the Libraries’ LibTech service, spearheaded the development of the Hitt Maker Podcast Studio in response to the increasing demand for podcast recording facilities. DeSalvo explained, “LibTech offers a variety of audio recording solutions, including a kit that provides a recording mixer, four microphones, and all the associated cables. Yet despite […]
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Please view here (or download). Full assignment grading rubrics linked here Here is the full AI summary of the meeting. Note it could include inaccuracies. Meeting Summary for Hyperlinked Library SP 2025 Assignment Chat Mar 02, 2025 03:57 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) ID: 892 8039 1443 Quick recap The meeting covered […]
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Greetings all! For this module we will focus on planning for emerging technologies, participatory services of all kinds and the future. This is where we start to get very practical and focused on what’s happening with trends and technology in libraries and information centers. This is also the time to start thinking about the technologies, […]
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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 […]