This week we had a soft launch for our new internal WordPress blog, running on the P2 theme. I'm hoping it will be a better way to get our local knowledge out of our inboxes and on the web so that all public service workers, even students, will have access to the same information. An... Continue Reading →
Librarian perspectives on working from home, flexible work schedules, and telecommuting
Update 4/13/20: The COVID-19 Pandemic has lots of librarians working remotely, driving some renewed interest in this post that I originally wrote in 2013. Sadly many of the links below have expired in the last 7 years, but hopefully the annotations will still be useful to you. I will try to update this post... Continue Reading →
What can library managers learn from the WordPress official creed?
Automattic, the company that owns WordPress.com, is an interesting study in organizational culture, hierarchy, and work. The Year Without Pants, a book I'm currently reading and learning a lot from, shows the inner workings of this very different (and very cool) company. In the book's pages, I picked up on the WordPress creed, which can... Continue Reading →
Is it worth coming to the office?
I'm currently reading Remote: Office Not Required. From page 47: Worth counting too is the number of days you spend emailing someone who only sits three desks away. People go to the office all the time and act as though they are working remotely: emailing, instant messaging, secluding themselves to get work done. At the... Continue Reading →
One blog to rule them all?
If you're one of the 3 readers of this blog, you may have noticed that the content of this blog has shifted quite a bit over the past year. When I wrote the "About" section of Library Voice three years ago, I said the following: My primary purpose for this blog is... Continue Reading →
Coping with information overload
Being Wired or Being Tired: 10 Ways to Cope with Information Overload I just put this on the "to-read when i get back from vacation" list. via Library Stuff