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Institutional Approaches & Blogging Patterns 24 Aug 2013 | 01:31 am
A few colleagues are giving me a hard time about how little I blog these days. June is fresh on my mind, though (summer goes so quickly), so despite the evidence, I still think of myself as actively ...
Blogging and Tenure 26 Jun 2013 | 01:44 am
One of the things that has come up in a few offline conversations I’ve had lately has been about the value of blogging in a tenure environment. The obvious answer: it doesn’t count. But there is an em...
On the Relationship Between the Web and Instruction 25 Jun 2013 | 02:01 am
I have spent a majority of my professional life focused on two areas: learning and instruction & the web. I find these areas to be the most fascinating to me, and I love them equally, though they migh...
A Bit on Strategy & Where it is in the Field 22 Jun 2013 | 02:02 am
As this blogging experiment has been going on I’ve been poking around in Google Analytics. I’m not good enough to draw out anything specific. I mostly pay attention to the google searches that send so...
The Value of a Philosophy Degree 21 Jun 2013 | 02:44 am
Yesterday I blogged a bit on the value of my communication degree. Today I’m diving into the value of a philosophy degree. Philosophy was actually the first discipline I declared in college. Then, due...
The Value of a Communication Degree 20 Jun 2013 | 07:15 am
With all the talk about the value of the MLS, both online and in informal gatherings of library folk lately, I find myself thinking about the value of the education I participated in in general. I end...
Make It Easier To Learn 19 Jun 2013 | 06:53 am
I am really enjoying listening to Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman. It’s good enough I’m probably going to want it on paper by the end of the book. I was interested in it due to my interes...
100 Days At a New Place 15 Jun 2013 | 06:09 am
I thought I’d wrap this week’s posts up with a summary of the first 100 days on the job as Associate Director for Learning & Outreach at Virginia Tech Univeristy Libraries. For those who have been fol...
Maintenance Work and Creative Work 14 Jun 2013 | 03:32 am
I recently came a realization that helped me to think about work in a very useful way. Some work is “maintenance work” (I originally thought “hygiene,” but “maintenance” sounds better) and some is “cr...
Revolutionary vs. Evolutionary Change 13 Jun 2013 | 05:51 am
Some of you know my husband, John Borwick, has started a business: Higher Ed IT Management. His company focuses on coaching and other educational engagements to help make higher education IT better. F...
