Re:Thinking

Reflections on LCI 2013, Part II On the first Monday of LCI 2013, a tweet encouraged everyone to “go to the bar and socialize” after the day was over. I was tired and my head was spinning when the last session ended at 9 p.m., but I decided to get out of my shell—I’m a librarian at a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania—and head over to the hotel bar. On the way there, I...

In early June, I made the long journey from Pennsylvania to Victoria, B.C. to attend the Digital Humanities Summer Institute, which has been held at the University of Victoria since 2003. It was my first time attending the institute, and I was not sure what to expect. I took the course on "Large Project Planning and Development," which promised to provide participants with a foundation in project management, project development, and even some basic guidelines...

Lately, I’ve become more aware of the importance of reflection when analyzing the research data from our ethnographic studies at the University of Rochester. The aim of our studies is to learn about our users so that we can design space and services to better support them. Our approach has been heavily influenced by my colleague Nancy Foster, who has developed and led CLIR-sponsored workshops in Participatory Design in Academic Libraries, and by the experiences...

Last week I participated in the second Linked Open Data for Libraries Archives and Museums Summit (LODLAM), held at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Information about the summit and the LODLAM community can be found with the #LODLAM tag. It’s a big conversation that spans the world, and it is only getting more interesting and exciting. Jon Voss, Historypin strategic partnerships director at We are What we Do, spearheaded the first summit meeting...

You probably know a little already about THATCamp, The Humanities and Technology Camp: it’s an unconference, an open, inexpensive, informal event where the agenda is set on the spot and where people work and talk together instead of passively listening to papers or presentations. There have been more than a hundred THATCamps around the world in the five years since the first THATCamp was held at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM)...