Director of Watzek Library, Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OR
Joined December 2010
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The real Portland: A weird, rough city’s many lives, as seen by Chuck Palahniuk, Katherine Dunn, others trib.al/dqapClx
I'm back from summer vacation in Alaska just in time to serve on this panel tomorrow on student success in academic libraries (starts at 2pm Eastern): chronicle.com/page/the-futur…
Two weeks ago, I returned from a 3 week visit as a Fulbright Specialist at the National Library of Kosovo. Read about it here: liberalartslibrary.blogspot.… #fulbrightspecialist #fulbright #exchangeourworld
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The @nytimes has a course to teach its reporters data skills, and now they’ve open-sourced it niemanlab.org/2019/06/the-ne…
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My latest piece for @TheAtlantic looks at the hidden and steep decline in the use of books within universities—why it’s happening, and what it means for the future of the research library: “The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wallpaper” theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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"In recent years, I’ve tried a variety of ways to involve my students in practical humanities research. Circumstances differ from department to department, but perhaps some of the methods will prove useful to you:" chroni.cl/2Qai3mQ
The @IthakaSR piece makes a strong case that data management practices _transcend_ disciplines. It made me rethink the meaning of the title ("Data in the Disciplines") we used in the grant proposal funding our Chemistry & Ethnography workshops. #datainthedisciplines
This @IthakaSR report is well-worth a read if you're at all interested in data services in academic libraries: it recommends shifting our attention to building and fostering data communities that transcend disciplinary boundaries. #datamanagement doi.org/10.18665/sr.311396
Reading of Ulysses Chapter 13 @WatzekLibrary @lewisandclark Festival of Scholars by Rishona Zimring's students
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New by me @TheAtlantic: “Obama’s Presidential Library Is Already Digital”—When the record of a presidency is largely email and JPEGs rather than handwritten memos and black-and-white photos, we need to think differently about its nature and use. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
"This is a confusing environment."
The facilitated collection redux: a note on collections as a service, the University of California, and Elsevier - Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog buff.ly/2FQwZmF
Great article about @WatzekLibrary, though the Visual Resources Center (top floor of Watzek) and the Resource Lab with the 3D printing and editing suites (ground floor near IT help desk) are two separate spots. Thanks @ThePioneerLog
Information Literacy's "Third Wave" : I think she is onto something here.
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if only there were some real world example of a green new deal that created millions of jobs while rapidly decarbonizing the power sector
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So what if I’m falling in love w/ the Watzek Library @lewisandclark entirely based on digital investigations?! 😍 #roadtrip #pnwonderland #librarylove #allthebooks 📚💖📚 – at Seattle, WA
Here's the manuscript version of this for anyone interested: drive.google.com/file/d/16ZU…
With a nod to @lorcanD this came out recently: Inside-out Library Services | Challenging the “Jacks of All Trades but Masters of None” Librarian Syndrome emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/1… (will get a link to an accessible manuscript copy out soon)