http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Maverick Librarian's scratch pad blog. Basically notes and random thoughts from an academic librarian en Vox Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:16:58 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/on-bad-bosses-part-3.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/on-bad-bosses-part-3.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/on-bad-bosses-part-3.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:16:58 -0800 Once again, I have put aside enough posts on the topic of bad bosses to make a post about it. These are mostly food for thought. I am sure someone could write some substantial post on bad bosses as they related to libraries and library administrat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/on-bad-bosses-part-3.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddb9d5ed860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> etiquette/manners leadership/management business and economics http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:44:48 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/video/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123dde1e7ac860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123dde1e7ac860d-50si" alt="V is for Vendetta TV Speech" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "So if you’ve seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you, then, I would suggest you allow the 5th of November to pass unmarked." --V, from the film V for Vendetta. V for Vendetta is one of my favorite films in the dyst... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd501240b749718860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> inspiration activism/causes http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--a-fifth-link-dump-of-health-care-reform-items.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--a-fifth-link-dump-of-health-care-reform-items.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--a-fifth-link-dump-of-health-care-reform-items.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:10:07 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/video/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddce033f860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddce033f860c-50si" alt="We Can&#39;t Afford to Wait" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Here we go again. This time around, the inspiration for me to do this is that a couple of my colleagues are suggesting that the library make an actual research guide on the topic of "health care management" using the LibGuides system we have in pl... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--a-fifth-link-dump-of-health-care-reform-items.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123dde18b61860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> health and medical http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--a-few-items-for-inspiration-end-of-october-09-edition.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--a-few-items-for-inspiration-end-of-october-09-edition.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--a-few-items-for-inspiration-end-of-october-09-edition.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:30:16 -0800 This is just a small link dump of items that can be classified as inspirational that I want to add to my scratch pad here. Some I have read. Others I just clipped to read at some point. Items via Dumb Little Man (I keep finding interesting things... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--a-few-items-for-inspiration-end-of-october-09-edition.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddb68569860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> inspiration productivity creativity http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--webinars-your-bosses-make-you-attend.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--webinars-your-bosses-make-you-attend.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--webinars-your-bosses-make-you-attend.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:54:42 -0700 I am honestly not sure what to make of this. This webinar, "'Big Challenges (and Opportunities) for Academic Libraries" (see the link here for some details) was something our director pretty much made us watch recently. I honestly expected a lot m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/draft--webinars-your-bosses-make-you-attend.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddcab1e7860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work notes higher_education lis articles http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-links-on-the-nobel-prizes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-links-on-the-nobel-prizes.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-links-on-the-nobel-prizes.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:07:57 -0700 This is mostly a small link dump for a post I am may write for our library blog about the Nobel Prizes. In addition to writing about the recent awards announced, I have spotted a couple of items out there that may be of interest as well. Here i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-links-on-the-nobel-prizes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddc81522860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work notes books and reading http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-links-and-thinking-on-work-workers-and-the-people-in-charge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-links-and-thinking-on-work-workers-and-the-people-in-charge.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-links-and-thinking-on-work-workers-and-the-people-in-charge.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:06:40 -0700 Being employed means that I work for somebody. Notice I did not say "self-employed." I read someplace that the definition of work is having to do something you would rather not do in some place you would rather not be in the company of people you ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-links-and-thinking-on-work-workers-and-the-people-in-charge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddc350e5860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> etiquette/manners leadership/management business and economics http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/october-is-domestic-violence-awareness-month-and-i-was-at-the-candlelight-vigil-last-night.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/october-is-domestic-violence-awareness-month-and-i-was-at-the-candlelight-vigil-last-night.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/october-is-domestic-violence-awareness-month-and-i-was-at-the-candlelight-vigil-last-night.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:22:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddc342ad860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddc342ad860c-50si" alt="October domestic violence purple_ribbon" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> (Crossposted from my professional blog, The Gypsy Librarian). I bet my four readers at The Gypsy Librarian were expecting the next installment in my small series on blogging mistakes and library blogs (first installment here). I am taking a break... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/october-is-domestic-violence-awareness-month-and-i-was-at-the-candlelight-vigil-last-night.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd501240b699d53860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> personal reference outreach etiquette/manners health and medical activism/causes http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/a-fourth-link-dump-of-items-on-health-care-reform.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/a-fourth-link-dump-of-items-on-health-care-reform.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/a-fourth-link-dump-of-items-on-health-care-reform.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:11:36 -0700 And the saga continues as Congress has pretty much proven that they are bought and sold by the insurance industry. I am really, really trying not to go on a rant, but it is getting harder these days not to. I get the impression that we pretty much... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/a-fourth-link-dump-of-items-on-health-care-reform.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123f16c77b1860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work notes health and medical http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-final-thoughts-on-hispanic-heritage-month-for-2009.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Maverick Librarian) http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-final-thoughts-on-hispanic-heritage-month-for-2009.html?_c=feed-rss http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-final-thoughts-on-hispanic-heritage-month-for-2009.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:31:36 -0700 The observance ends on October 15, but clearly there is still a lot of work to do in the Latino community to get ahead, if some of these stories are any indication. While I think that the observance is important, we should not just focus on all th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mavericklibrarian.vox.com/library/post/some-final-thoughts-on-hispanic-heritage-month-for-2009.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735eb944cd50123ddd5be78860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> outreach hispanic/latino