Disruption is definitely the hot term du jour. It mostly is a fancy way of saying “change”, but that doesn’t quite do it justice. Go read this wonderful post by Jordan Furlong on “What Disruption Really Means.” Go on. I’ll wait. As with change, many people view disruption as one would a cloud of locusts Read the full post…
“Admit it. You aren’t like them. You’re not even close. You may occasionally dress yourself up as one of them, watch the same mindless television shows as they do, maybe even eat the same fast food sometimes. But it seems that the more you try to fit in, the more you feel like an outsider, Read the full post…
In light of recent events, I’ve heard the word “hacker” (and permutations like “hacktivist”) used by the mainstream media more than I ever have. Despite its near ubiquitousness in any story mentioning technology and social activism, the term “hacker” still, by and large, has negative connotations. Most people think of someone like our friend pictured Read the full post…
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…
(I’m a much better writer than public speaker, so here’s the text of my planned opening remarks delivered during AALL2011 Program H4: The Role of Law Libraries in Advancing Law.gov: Open Sourcing America’s Operating System.) Hi. I’m Sarah. I’m am not supposed to be here today. One of my favorite filmakers is a man named Read the full post…
I love being a librarian. Some of it is because of the big picture/honorable professional stuff that I frequently blog about here. But honestly, I really love the day to day: staffing a ref desk, hunting down a hard to find piece of information, working with law students…Not only do I never wake up in Read the full post…
The following is the text of a 5 minute ignite speech that I gave as part of the CALI Conference Friday Plenary. The formatting will seem odd… those are my slide change breaks. Calicon Ignite – Glassmeyer View more presentations from sglassmeyer CALI Ignite Speech Howdy. My name is Sarah Glassmeyer and I am a Read the full post…
