A huge thank you to Lise Brin. Program Officer / Agente de programme @ Canadian Association of Research Libraries/Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada for compiling this list of pertinent, thought-jarring items…
Libraries Matter. A National Voice Matters. CFLA-FCAB Matters.
Look out. I’m passionate about this. And I’m concerned at the quiet surrounding CFLA-FCAB: Canadian Federation of Library Associations. Quiet means no one is paying attention. Quiet means no one…
Ethical AI: What Will That Look Like for Libraries?
At a January 2018 Girl Geeks Toronto event on Ethical AI, we listened to 3 articulate, brilliant women discuss the engineering feats and ethical vulnerabilities of current and near-future artificial…
Artificial Intelligence: AI – All In @ #CFLAFCAB2018
Save the date! May 2, 2018 – CFLA-FCAB’s First National Forum @ Saskatchewan’s Libraries Conference! Be a part of history – be a part of informing Canada’s library policies on…
Logic model: logically……
I’m about to talk about the logic model @ #SLA2017 in Phoenix. Below are the slides, although there are many excellent books, articles, blog posts, webinars and courses that provide…
Project Management Sanity Savers
I’m talking very candidly about Critical Skills for Project Management today at #SLA2017 in Phoenix. My focus is on what I’ve learned, over 30 years, to be sanity savers for…
Ruthless Prioritization
That’s the name of the best blog post I’ve read (and, most importantly intend to use): Ruthless Prioritization. For years I set priorities with various projects, and advised clients to…
Leadership Summit: Readying for the climb #3
This is post #3 in a short series to ready us for the #Summitclimb. Are you working up a sweat yet? I am….. The rock we must cut through. Continuing…
Leadership Summit: Readying for the Climb #2
This is post #2 in a short series to ready us (channel training….) for the #Summitclimb. Future-proofing considerations. Post #1 gave an article that poses some difficult questions leaders must address as…