I won’t spend much time commenting on how I haven’t posted anything since last October. Let’s just all agree that it’s embarrassing and move on, shall we? Instead, I’ll just jump in and give the people (maybe a handful out there!) what they want, which is an update on the renovation at my library obviously. The [...]
Great day at the first-ever Chicagoland Library Unconference, full of networking and talking shop with a lot of bright, dedicated people who seriously care about making libraries better. We were lucky to have a photographer taking shots throughout the day, and those will be uploaded to our flickr page soon, but I wanted to share a camera [...]
Library Journal recently named me one of its Movers & Shakers for 2012, specifically recognizing me as a “tech leader” for my work with digital media labs at both Skokie Public Library and Arlington Heights Memorial Library. I’m honored to be part of a group that includes friends like Leah White and Nate Hill, but [...]
Remember that pilot digital media lab I mentioned about a month ago? Well, it’s officially open now and we’re promoting it as the Studio. What we do with the Studio is just a precursor to what we’re planning as part of our big renovation project later this year. We’re seriously diving into that “library as [...]
So, I think one way I can contribute to the Library Day in the Life Project (specifically #libday8) is to give a quick recap of the past three months on the new job. This should give you an idea of what’s happening in my little part of the library world and what my mind will [...]