Librarian of Things

Librarian of Things
	Weeknote 5 (2021)
§1 Last Friday I was interviewed for the podcast The Grasscast — a game-themed podcast named after the book, The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia. I ramble a little bit in the episode as I tried to be more open and conversational than concise and correct. But I also spoke that way because for some … Continue reading "Weeknote 5 (2021)"
	Weeknote 4 (2021)
I don’t have much that I can report in this week’s note. You are just going to have to take my word that this week, a large amount of my time was spent at meetings pertaining to my library department, my union, and anti-black racism work. §1 Last year, around this same time, some colleagues … Continue reading "Weeknote 4 (2021)"
	Weeknote 3 (2021)
Hey. I missed last week’s weeknote. But we are here now. §1 This week I gave a class on searching scientific literature to a group of biology masters students. While I was making my slides comparing the Advanced Search capabilities of Web of Science and Scopus, I discovered this weird behaviour of Google Scholar: a … Continue reading "Weeknote 3 (2021)"
	Weeknote 1 (2021)
This week’s post is not going to capture my ability to be productive while white supremacists appeared to be ushered in and out of the US Capitol building by complicit police and COVID-19 continued to ravage my community because our provincial government doesn’t want to spend money on the most vulnerable. Instead, I’m just going … Continue reading "Weeknote 1 (2021)"
	Weeknote 50 (2020)
§1 It looks like Andromeda Yelton is sharing weeknotes (“This week in AI“). I can’t wait to see what she shares with us all in 2021. §2 Earlier this fall, Clarivate Analytics announced that it was moving toward a future that calculated the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) based on the date of electronic publication and not … Continue reading "Weeknote 50 (2020)"
	Weeknote 49 (2020)
§1 I don’t have much to report in regards to the work I’ve been doing this week. I tried to get our ORCiD-OJS plugin to work but there is some small strange bug that needs to be squished. Luckily, next week I will have the benefit of assistance from the good people of CRKN and … Continue reading "Weeknote 49 (2020)"
	Weeknote 48 (2020)
§1 First off is this recommended read from the November 17th issue of The New Yorker, The rise and fall of getting things done by Cal ‘Deep Work’ Newport. As Newport himself describes his work, It’s not, however, really about David Allen’s productivity system, which longtime readers (and listeners) know I really admire. It’s instead … Continue reading "Weeknote 48 (2020)"
	Weeknote 47 (2020)
I had a staycation last week. It took me two days just to catch up on email I received while I was gone. And the only reason I was able to do that in two days is because I had booked the days off as meeting-free so I could attend an online conference. Said conference … Continue reading "Weeknote 47 (2020)"
	Weeknote 45 (2020)
Some things I was up to this past week: I registered for the Indigenous Mapping Workshop which will run Nov. 16-18; had meetings pertaining to servers and surveys; attended regular meetings including that of the University Library Advisory Committee, Leddy Library Department Heads, my bi-weekly meeting with Library Admin, and the WUFA Grievance Committee uploaded … Continue reading "Weeknote 45 (2020)"
	Weeknote 44 (2020)
This is my third week of weeknotes and I have to say that the format is agreeing with me. I did a quick search online to see if any other librarians have adopted this particular format and I couldn’t find anyone from the librarian profession so I have yet to become an influencer (*snerk*). I … Continue reading "Weeknote 44 (2020)"