In the past couple of weeks, I’ve published two papers. I just wanted to plug them briefly here: “From Weberian Rationalization to JavaScript Components: Modularism in Academic Library Software” was published today in Information Technology and Libraries, and discusses the pervasiveness of modular approaches from the social sciences to library software. It is where Max… Continue reading Two papers
Category: writing
Grind
Every summer, I set myself a deadline: I have to finish and submit a paper before school resumes in the fall. This push in the summer is absolutely necessary because it is an unbeatable opportunity: it is so much quieter at the library than during the rest of the academic year. I know that once… Continue reading Grind
On my occasional disavowals of coding
Every once in a while, I write a post talking about how I’m going to (more or less) walk away from coding. But nonetheless, the coding projects continue, and this blog endures. This speaks to the compelling power of writing code, even when work and/or life pulls in other directions. Programming, as many people will… Continue reading On my occasional disavowals of coding
In praise of the case study
The academic literature of librarianship is a bit narrow sometimes. Most journals expect conformity to an article structure taken directly from the social sciences. In my experience, this can chafe at a librarian’s creativity: we sometimes need to go to tremendous efforts to find ways to shoehorn our ideas into that social science article structure,… Continue reading In praise of the case study
Coding with those who show up
This week, I have a new paper out titled “Coding with those who show up: Two methodologies on technical committee work” in Information Technology and Libraries. It is licensed CC-BY-NC, so you can read it for free here. The point of the article is that the literature on “laissez-faire leadership” is disproportionately (and in my… Continue reading Coding with those who show up
Further thoughts on building AR projects in libraries
Caroline Jedlicka and I recently published a paper in the Journal of Web Librarianship called “Creating a Homemade Mobile Augmented Reality Game in a Community College Library: An Open Source Approach.” This link will get you past the journal’s paywall. For me, the standout message of the article is that you do not need a… Continue reading Further thoughts on building AR projects in libraries
