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The architecture of knowledge
There is a subject within the field of information science known as “information architecture.” According to the Information Architecture Institute, information architecture is “the art and science of...
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Library Legislative Day
Just a quick note about Library Legislative Day, an annual lobbying event at the Washington State capitol organized by the Washington Library Association, which I attended yesterday with a group of...
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False public libraries
A recent post on the LISNews blog brought my attention to a rally staged last weekend at the Boston Public Library to protest the library’s use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology on its...
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The right to be uninformed
In a speech at UCLA early this month, Michelle Obama suggested that “Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.” This has gotten Hugh Hewitt and Jim Geraghty...
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Sticking up for librarians
It isn’t really news that librarians don’t get paid very much, and that their salaries are decreasing. So it was disappointing, but hardly surprising, when the Marathon County Public Library recently...
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The C word
I had a great summer. Really, it was terrific. Except for the fact that it ended and I had to come back to school. But here I am, and it’s actually not so bad. For the first time in a long time, I’m...
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I’m in American Libraries
Not to toot my own horn. Well, actually, toot! An essay I wrote entitled “Not Just the Facts: Toward a Library and Information Humanities” has been published in American Libraries, the magazine of the...
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Unplug and connect
I recently stumbled across an LA Times article on the debate over cell towers and wireless access in national parks. After listening to many discussions about cell phone use in libraries, this provided...
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Reading for all the wrong reasons
I’ve been trying to read more fiction lately, and to stretch myself to read a little more widely, outside of the “good” books I usually feel drawn toward. (I just finished a...
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Information behavior
One of my first information school classes was called “information behavior.” I always thought this was a silly name, because, well, how does information behave exactly? Information misbehavior—now...
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