Our profession is steeped in a murky racial and gendered history. When Roxane Gay came on stage, the first thing she said to us was “man, there’s a lot of white people in this room.” And, she’s right. Librarianship has been feminized and white ever since Melvil Dewey. You remember, the Dewey decimal system guy? […]
Tag: academia
Saying Thank You: A Post-Interview Essential
In the last few weeks, we’ve been interviewing for an evening Reference Librarian position, and it got me thinking about my own grueling job search, not so long ago! I remember stressing out about how much stuff I had to get together: update my CV to highlight what the posting is asking for, re-write my cover […]
High Five for Friday
Hey oh – it’s Friday! It’s also the last Friday before all the students arrive back to campus, and right now it’s so quiet. I’m going to kind of miss the peace I’ve had this summer – well, if you count 6 weeks of it on maternity leave 😉 Anyway, since the semester is starting up soon, […]
High Five for Friday
Hey ho, it’s Friday! Here’s my top favorite things this week: 1. Finished reading my text for the Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians: Reframing Academic Leadership by Lee Bolman & Joan Gallos. One week from tomorrow, I’ll be at Harvard learning how I can use this book and what I learn in my library […]
Texas Library Association Conference 2013
This year is my first year attending the Texas Library Association annual conference, and I wanted to share some of my thoughts and notes. Prior to attending the conference, I learned that I was elected Chair-Elect of the College & University Library Division of TLA and I begin my official appointment 4/27/13. This means I […]
These are things that I’m writing
Recently, I had two book chapter proposals accepted to different manuscripts that are due to publish this year! At the end of 2012, I dubbed 2013 the year of writing, and so far, I’m on track. Here’s a glimpse at what I proposed: 1. Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries Teaching sustainable […]
Sexy Hipster Librarian: Exotic, Erotic, the Other
In less than one week, I will be visiting Albuquerque, New Mexico (about a 5 hour drive) for the Southwest Pop Culture Association‘s annual conference where I will be presenting “Sexy Hipster Librarian: Exotic, Erotic, the Other.” We have all heard of the sexy librarian trope in pop culture, but this presentation will examine how letting-down-the-bun […]
Open Library of Humanities
Recently, I accepted appointment to the Editorial Committee for the Open Library of Humanities, an open access publishing platform. Its founder, Dr. Martin Paul Eve is a Lecturer in English at the University of Lincoln. It is well known that the state of publishing in academia is sick. “Since 1986, subscription costs for academic journals have risen by 300% […]
Living Learning Communities & Librarian Involvement
On Friday, November 30th, Jean Henscheid came to West Texas A&M to do a workshop on Living Learning Communities as a way to engage and interact with students to give them a more positive college experience. I have seen Residential Learning communities at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, but I was never a part of any of […]
Pennsylvania Library Association conference 2012
So, I want to share some thoughts and musings on the PaLA 2012 annual conference in Gettysburg, PA this year. I was so fortunate to be able to go since I currently work in Texas, and it was wonderful being able to see my friends and old colleagues. I also got to have a little […]
Amy Pajewski 