I had the great privilege of attending the Law via the Internet conference this week in Ithaca, NY. This conference brings together people from all around the world involved in putting law online – LIIs, academics, non-profits and even some civic minded hackers. For me, this was one of those truly transformative conference experiences and Read the full post…
From the mailbag! A reader asked me about library school programs. This is my (paraphrased) answer. People seem hesitant to write in to Boss of You, but maybe I’ll achieve my dream of becoming LibraryLand’s Agony Aunt yet! Okay, first of all, before I can answer this question in good conscience, I have to ask: Read the full post…
My AALL mentee tweeted that she wanted some library interview advice. I emailed her this list and thought I should blog it since I’m sure others have this same questions. Besides, I’ve been wanting to get back in the blogging saddle. I have gone on LOTS of job interviews. LOTS. Some of been good, some Read the full post…
It’s been just about a year now since my career change and I’ve just recently perfected my “elevator pitch” type answer when people ask me what I do for a living. Ready? Here is it: I work for non-profit organization that produces open legal educational materials and develops technological solutions for legal education and the Read the full post…
Just to cut to the chase, if you’re looking for the slides from my recent Canadian Association of Law Libraries CALL/ACBD talk, they can be found here. I just got back from CALL/ACBD. I had a great time and am scheming for ways to go to it every year. This was actually my second CALL Read the full post…
I meant to write this almost two months ago, but if you are a regular, Gentle Reader, you know that I’ve been a little busy. I won’t bore you with the list of Big Life Changes again. SO. Anyway, a little over six months in, and I’m declaring LISvendor.info to be a fabulous success. Granted, Read the full post…
October 7, 2011 is Ada Lovelace Day, an annual celebration of women in the STEM disciplines. It was created after a psychological study showed that women need role models to believe that they can do something. I love this day. Obviously, it’s a lot of fun to give props to people and tell them how Read the full post…
