Huge thanks to Graham Stinnett, who curated the exhibit, and collaborators for bringing this important exhibit to life! At UConn, Archives & Special Collections has a new exhibition commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Black Student Sit-In at Wilbur Cross Library in 1974: Please Respond Personally: Commemorating the 1974 Black Student Sit-In. The exhibit is open now through July 19, in the Schimmelpfeng Gallery (Monday – Friday, 9-4pm, within the Dodd Center for Human Rights, University of Connecticut. See more about the exhibit, including on the exhibit opening from the UConn Library!Read More →

The UConn Library is hiring for a User Support Coordinator! More information is below. I am super looking forward to working with the person hired into this role as part of our kind, curious, DEI engaged and supporting, and fun community. The UConn Library seeks an individual with excellent technical and public service skills to serve as User Support Coordinator (Library Assistant 2). Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Collections & Discovery, the User Support Coordinator is responsible for providing daily operational technology support services for the UConn Library. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong prioritization skills, the ability to meet deadlines, and modelRead More →

Experts at UConn do amazing work on cicadas, including digitally imaging and visualizing cicadas. UConn shared an article covering this awesome work, which covers “an innovative process is making 3D data of cicadas available to the world, just in time for this year’s rare co-emergence of Brood XIX and Brood XIII.” I love seeing amazing work like this, which has evolved over time with Michael Bennett’s intensive insights into imaging. Michael leads the UConn Library’s Digital Imaging Lab, and has continued to develop and refine advanced imaging techniques, working with North African stone points, cicadas, and more. I am always excited and curious to learn moreRead More →

I am super excited to share that Liberatory Librarianship is coming out soon. Liberatory Librarianship is a fantastic collection of essays from contributors who all share stories of how libraries and librarians enact liberatory practices. Huge thanks to the fantastic authors, editors, and publishing folks who contributed to this volume! Posting here now with this now online, and looking forward to sharing and hearing more with the coming publication.Read More →

Please see the posting on the UConn Library website: https://lib.uconn.edu/about/employment-opportunities/#collections-strategist-librarian-3 and copied below for ease. This is an exciting position on an amazing team! I’m looking forward to working with the person hired for this important role. Collections Strategist (Librarian 3) JOB SUMMARY  The UConn Library seeks a forward-thinking and analytical Collections Strategist (Librarian 3). Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for Collections & Discovery, the Collections Strategist conceives, communicates, and implements strategies to analyze, build, and steward UConn Library collections. As an active member of the Library and guided by our Strategic Framework of Connect, Empower, and Engage and our core values of kindness and trust,Read More →

I love the little stories all around us that speak to our wonderful humanity. Today I went to the post office to drop something off, and the sign on the door said “It’s George’s Birthday”. I was excited to see that someone was having a birthday celebration. I went in, saw George, and got to tell him happy birthday.  He offered me a  cupcake, and shared that his manager had set up the cupcakes and decorations (balloons!). This is one little story, like so many others, that we all take part in (or pass right next to) each day. I love the little ways thatRead More →

The University of Connecticut (UConn) Library is fantastic, with wonderful people, locations, collections, and more. There’s a new story out about one item from the collections which is a 700-year-old medieval prayer book page. The page is used as part of a specimen collection in teaching, and its story of how it came to be at UConn takes a winding journey, connecting with many areas including medical humanities and a deep commitment to public access to important art. I love that the UConn Library’s Archives & Special Collections shares this in teaching, breathing new life and growing the story and connections of this and soRead More →

Pete and I have been in Connecticut for nearly a full year, and we spend a great deal of time hiking and exploring. It’s wonderful to meet new folks and new places, trails, trees, and waterways. As we wander, it’s also wonderful to be in touch with old friends. I’m trying again to be more on social media to support communication, and I’m embracing my confused social media presence. I’m writing this on my blog, knowing that it will pipe automatically to LinkedIn (where it seems a bit weird, yet works with lots of folks are connected), Facebook, and Mastodon. I’m also on Bluesky and InstagramRead More →