A short new note on my #blog: "Dialectical notebook and some short thoughts on privilege"
https://simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/2026/03/dialectical-notebook-and-some-short.html

An exercise and very quick reflection.

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Dialectical notebook and some short thoughts on privilege

A note to remember a small exercise a professor showed their students in class. This happened prior to a library instruction session; instru...

Side note: I read the 2006 Elmborg article mentioned above. It's been a while, and we've come some ways since then. I know I have.

https://simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/06/article-note-on-critical-information.html

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Article Note: On Critical Information Literacy

Citation for the article: Elmborg, James. "Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice." The Journal of Academic ...

#ICYMI from my #blog: "Being a librarian who reads books helps me help students better"
https://simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/03/being-librarian-who-reads-books-helps.html

Just one of those short random thoughts I write about once in a while.

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Being a librarian who reads books helps me help students better

As I am preparing for a research consultation, I had a random thought that it pays off as a librarian to be a reader as well. Especially so ...

Saw someone mention they recently read this book. Reminded me I had read the book, around the time it came out.

The book is 'Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.' by Susan Cain

My review: https://simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/05/booknote-quiet.html

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Book Review: <i>Quiet</i>

The only reason I am including this review here instead of over at my personal blog is that I think this is a book that librarians should re...

Book Review: <i>Friday Night Lights</i>

I finished reading H.G. Bissinger's book Friday Night Lights (1990), the one they made the movie out of recently with Billy Bob Thornton. I...

Short book review: <i>A Library Miscellany</i>

Claire Cock-Starkey, A Library Miscellany . Oxford, UK: Bodleian Library, 2018. ISBN: 9781851244720. Genre: nonfiction Subgenre: trivia, li...

New on my professional blog: "Article Note: On trendspotting and the future in post-pandemic academic libraries." https://simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/2022/07/article-note-on-trendspotting-and.html

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Article Note: On trendspotting and the future in post-pandemic academic libraries

This editorial piece looks at spotting trends for academic libraries in the post-pandemic world. Personally, I do not think we are in a post...

New on my professional blog: "Notes from a Simple Librarian: Additional Notes from US Book Show 2022: Session on 'TikTok and Books.'" https://simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/2022/06/additional-notes-from-us-book-show-2022_0453561623.html

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Additional Notes from US Book Show 2022: Session on "Tik Tok and Books"

Another session I listened to after the conference . This is my last set of notes for the conference this year.   This panel featured a Book...

A couple of books I got from US Book Show 2022

As I mentioned in my short video about this, here are two books I received from the US Book Show event courtesy of Beacon Press.  Book link ...

New on my professional blog: "Additional notes from US Book Show 2022: Libraries are Essential, Part 2 session."
https://simplelibrarian.blogspot.com/2022/06/additional-notes-from-us-book-show-2022.html

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Additional notes from US Book Show 2022: Libraries are Essential, Part 2 session

This is one of the sessions I watched on demand after the conference .    Session: Libraries are Essential, Part 2.  Session to look at cri...