Image retrieved from Instagram When I saw this meme the other day, I experienced a little bit of #mindblown and a little bit of #yep. It reads “things are not getting worse, they are getting uncovered. We must hold each other tight & continue to pull back the veil” – adriennemareebrown’s Instagram. This was posted … Continue reading
I must confess, despite being an online student, to being slightly less than tech-oriented by nature. So, of all the courses required for my MLIS, the “Advanced Technology” requirement is the one I was the most nervous about. This requirement can be fulfilled by any number of possible classes dealing with the topic; I was … Continue reading
The standoff between the US District Court of California and Tim Cook of Apple Inc. should concern everyone who works in our industry. Continue reading
A professor recently posed the following question to my class: are librarians required to be activists? Continue reading
Those who are interested in this career path, have started on this career path, or are far into this career path already are familiar with some of the top responses to “I’m going to become a librarian.” Unfortunately, many of them feature condescension (such as laughter) , a limited scope of what we do (“you need … Continue reading
As we enter the “information sciences,” LIS students cannot help but be on the front lines of recent important debates in digital privacy. While digital privacy issues have simmered below the surface long since the explosion of the internet, it has most recently become a hotly contested issue surrounding the NSA spying program and the … Continue reading
