Library IT Projects As Drivers Of Organizational Change
This is a talk I gave way back in 2017. I was invited by Rachel Frick to keynote the first OCLC DevConnect developer conference. Five years later now, I just had an opportunity to re-read this presentation and thought it… Continue Reading Library IT Projects As Drivers Of Organizational Change
Comfort with ambiguity in the age of Covid-19
From a twitter thread I wrote today in which I asked, “Are you un/comfortable with the level of ambiguity we’re experiencing professionally right now (not enough info, lacking specifics)? We often see “comfortable with ambiguity” in job ads & this… Continue Reading Comfort with ambiguity in the age of Covid-19
What it means when white people are asked to “stay in your lane.”
Note 1: This post is a slightly modified version of a twitter stream I wrote on 3/15/2019 inspired by Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, and by conversations I’ve recently read… Continue Reading What it means when white people are asked to “stay in your lane.”
White fragility and toxic white feminism, a demonstration
I’m not sure why the conversation about feminism between Roxane Gay and Erica Jong, which took place in September 2015 at the Decatur Book Festival, is getting publicity on social media right now. I’ve seen several links to it in… Continue Reading White fragility and toxic white feminism, a demonstration
Despair for all, Black and white
Health outcomes for white Americans New research, described in March 2017 in the Washington Post, describes a “sea of despair” among white, working-class Americans. According to this ongoing research, the consequences of despair and lack of opportunity in the white people studied… Continue Reading Despair for all, Black and white
White awakening: What we’ve missed
This text was originally posted by me on Twitter 2/24/2017 in reaction to this tweet by Vann R. Newkirk II, @fivefifths: As many of us white people are now awakening to the meanness, violence, and fear propagated by our current government, we need… Continue Reading White awakening: What we’ve missed
Tech-ing to Transgress: Putting Values into Library Practice
This is the text and slides of a keynote I delivered on June 11 at the inaugural Oberlin Library Group Digital Scholarship Conference, at Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN. I. Introduction I’ve been trying to make my talks and… Continue Reading Tech-ing to Transgress: Putting Values into Library Practice
Quick recap of Barnard’s Scholar & Feminism Conference XL: Action on Education
Last Friday and Saturday I attended the Barnard Scholar & Feminism Conference XL: Action on Education. The LX means it’s the 40th year of the this conference, but they also playfully reclaimed the “extra large” connotation as well. You can read… Continue Reading Quick recap of Barnard’s Scholar & Feminism Conference XL: Action on Education
