Open Librarianship

I had to run an errand today while I was thinking and writing this post. When I got in the car and turned on the radio the station was playing REM’s “Losing My Religion.” So REM gets credit for the… Read More

I have been meaning to write this post for a few weeks but just never got started. This this morning I read Moving from Critical Assessment to Assessment as Care by a valued friend and mentor, Veronica Arellano Douglas. I… Read More

Learning Curve In a meeting a few days ago, someone asked me how long I have been at Keene State College. Just over five years, I said. Usually when I tell people that they say it feels like longer (I… Read More

I am thinking a lot these days about conversations on campuses around “free speech,” civil discourse, and the daily challenges of living in a small campus community. Three events have really focused my attention in the past two weeks. Last… Read More

By late morning on Saturday, I had already seen a column written in The Atlantic by Dan Cohen (Northeastern U., formerly of DPLA) tweeted and posted on Facebook several times. The title was likely created to elicit gasps of horror… Read More

In my role as the library dean I have already been engaged with data-driven student success initiatives. We are still working to implement use of EAB on our campus. The company offers a set of tools that can track grades… Read More

I finished a novel this week that I have been thinking about a lot.  If you haven’t read “The Great Believers” by Rebecca Makkai, put it on your list. The stories are set in Chicago between 1985-1990 and Paris in… Read More

“we learned that the work of biblical scholarship is not merely to say that any interpretation is correct or plausible, but rather to demonstrate how a particular interpretation is supported by history, culture, other documents, or exegesis” “just about everything… Read More

I am thinking a lot about writing these days.  That’s partly because I am so lucky that I get to help coordinate our gen ed curriculum (what we call the Integrative Studies Program), the Center for Writing, undergraduate research (our… Read More

I am a Jew who loves Christianity.  I suppose that sounds a bit like a confession.   I owe this love to my teacher and my friend Allan Patriquin.  And I know I speak for Allan’s students when I reflect on… Read More