Hello friends! This is just a quick proof-of-life post. Social media is mostly not where I want to be these days, but I hope all of you brilliant, beautiful people are as well as can be.
I'm not really posting anywhere at present, but I do check in on this platform, as well as bluesky and facebook. Please DM me if you would like an alternative contact method. Connections with people I like and respect are what I miss most about spending more time on these platforms.
@TeamMidwest Apparently 2024 is the year of the bizarre commencement speaker. A local college used an AI robot, who offered these insights:
“No matter where you decide to get chicken wings, make sure you get blue cheese, not ranch,” she said. “While I can’t say for certain that the Buffalo Bills will win the Super Bowl in 2025, I can tell you that they have a dedicated fan base and a talented team led by Josh Allen, so anything is possible for them. Go Bills.”
The decision to have a humanoid robot address D’Youville University’s Class of 2024 drew weeks of criticism from faculty and students. But in the end, the ceremony for 438 graduating students was a boisterous, happy and largely traditional event.
Re: last boost, volunteer support for RBMS, the section of ALA for special collections librarianship, has plunged since the pandemic (even as its work has moved to virtual) and its leaders are looking to understand the issues.
I wonder, are other similar academic organizations that run on volunteer labor having the same issues? @bibliothecar
Hello! I haven't been here much. But today I'm here with a request for my spec coll friends: Please read and share this message, and comment with any thoughts you have.
https://rbms.info/chairs-blog/2024/05/08/rbms-and-the-current-volunteer-environment/
Margaret Fero
Cat Hicks
John Overholt