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Around the Web: OMG still with the librarian angst, Forking the academy and more
Posted by John Dupuis on May 16, 2013 Yes, We Should Talk About the MLS On Big Name Librarians The Loon’s job Why am I getting my MLIS? Because I have to. So You Think You Want to Be a Librarian? The Adjunctification of Academic Librarianship Your candidate pools Fork the Academy (github as a model for scholarly communcation) Massive (But Not Open)…
Around the Web: Cults of librarian personalities, Undergrads as first class citizens and more
Posted by John Dupuis on May 1, 2013 Cults of Librarian Personalities Let’s upgrade undergrads to first-class citizens Libraries and the informational future: some notes Librarians Respond to DPLA Launch Marketing Libraries Is like Marketing Mayonnaise The Sibyl of Cumae (OA/costs of schol comm) A matter of emphasis (librarians must read this post) Send Me the Check That You Would Have Sent to…
Around the Web: Cool linky stuff for science undergrads (4)
Posted by John Dupuis on April 27, 2013 I have a son who’s currently a first year physics student. As you can imagine, I occasionally pass along a link or two to him pointing to stuff on the web I think he might find particularly interesting or useful. Thinking on that fact, I surmised that perhaps other science students might find those links…
Around the Web: Librarians dealing with data, Unbundling the university and more
Posted by John Dupuis on April 23, 2013 Dealing with Data: Science Librarians’ Participation in Data Management at Association of Research Libraries Institutions Unbundling the University Canadian Occupational Projection System (COPS): Search Result : Librarians, Archivists, Conservators And Curators (511) Open access: four ways it could enhance academic freedom Social Justice Librarianship Putting the “Expert” in Subject Expertise Making Things Happen and Getting…
Around the Web: Yet more librarian angst, The business of literature and more
Posted by John Dupuis on April 13, 2013 Librarians as faculty? It’s a red herring. Why I think faculty status for librarians is (generally) a bad idea Library employees protest changed title As Role of Librarians Evolves, Some Colleges End Their Faculty Status Stratification and losing faculty status Gender, “thought leaders”, ego, and subversion Unpacking “faculty status” Postscript: faculty status and “administrative bloat”…
Around the Web: Cool linky stuff for science undergrads (3)
Posted by John Dupuis on April 9, 2013 I have a son who’s currently a first year physics student. As you can imagine, I occasionally pass along a link or two to him pointing to stuff on the web I think he might find particularly interesting or useful. Thinking on that fact, I surmised that perhaps other science students might find those links…
Around the Web: The librarian tech skills gap, Bookless libraries and more
Posted by John Dupuis on March 30, 2013 Considering the librarian tech skills gap Ten Easy Pieces on the Profession of Librarianship Nation’s first bookless library on university campus is thriving at UTSA Conference Report: Beyond PDF 2 Opinions, Morals and What Science Could but Shouldn’t Tell Us Degrees of Certainty The Ethics of MOOCs The Brave New World of College Branding Journal’s…
Around the Web: Cool linky stuff for science undergrads
Posted by John Dupuis on March 26, 2013 I have a son who’s currently a first year physics student. As you can imagine, I occasionally pass along a link or two to him pointing to stuff on the web I think he might find particularly interesting or useful. Thinking on that fact, I surmised that perhaps other science students might find those links…
Around the Web: What makes a librarian, Fending off university-attacking zombies and more
Posted by John Dupuis on March 23, 2013 What makes one a librarian? Goodbye, Faculty Status Library employees protest changed title: New designation for incoming employee provokes heated debate why should librarians learn python? (a better answer) Why Not Grow Coders from the inside of Libraries? Alt-Ac: Breathing Life into Libraries or Eroding the Profession? Of Hybrarians, Scholar-Librarians, Academic Refugees, & Feral Professionals…
Around the Web: Hacking at education, The great librarian identity crisis of 2013 and more
Posted by John Dupuis on March 18, 2013 Hacking at Education: TED, Technology Entrepreneurship, Uncollege, and the Hole in the Wall Why MOOCs May Drive Up Higher Ed Costs California Bill Seeks Campus Credit for Online Study The great librarian identity crisis of 2013 Q&A: Dan Cohen on His Role as the Founding Executive Director of DPLA The Basic Skills of All Librarians…
