Marlee Dorn Givens
@dorngivens.bsky.social
Hiding in the library since 1994
Scenes from fall semester at GT, plus Jackson Street Bridge, Kennesaw, the symphony, and the pool. Glorious October! #1secondeveryday
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Scenes from fall semester at GT, plus Jackson Street Bridge, Kennesaw, the symphony, and the pool. Glorious October! #1secondeveryday
First full month of empty nesting #1secondeveryday
October 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
First full month of empty nesting #1secondeveryday
End of summer, start of college, birthday weekend #1secondeveryday
September 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
End of summer, start of college, birthday weekend #1secondeveryday
Vacation and back, college orientation, cats, cooking, and the July weather #1secondeveryday
July 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Vacation and back, college orientation, cats, cooking, and the July weather #1secondeveryday
We went all over the place this month, including across the ocean. Somehow it got hotter the further north we traveled. #1secondeveryday
June 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We went all over the place this month, including across the ocean. Somehow it got hotter the further north we traveled. #1secondeveryday
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As a head’s up, I had previously turned on “require alt text before posting” and I just checked and it had been turned off again (maybe after an update? I’m not sure!). Check and make sure it’s still selected (or turn it on if you haven’t. It’s a helpful feature ).
June 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
As a head’s up, I had previously turned on “require alt text before posting” and I just checked and it had been turned off again (maybe after an update? I’m not sure!). Check and make sure it’s still selected (or turn it on if you haven’t. It’s a helpful feature ).
Quiet and rainy May... except for the Derby, high school graduation, and travels out west #1secondeveryday
May 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Quiet and rainy May... except for the Derby, high school graduation, and travels out west #1secondeveryday
Protests, parades, Streets Alive, conferences, car washes, National Poetry Month. and stunning spring weather. Busy April! #1secondeveryday
May 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Protests, parades, Streets Alive, conferences, car washes, National Poetry Month. and stunning spring weather. Busy April! #1secondeveryday
Spring things (softball, ATL Science Festival, Warm Springs and Pine Mountain), some familiar sights (cats, robots), our last high school musical (😭), and The Pollening! #1secondeveryday
March 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Spring things (softball, ATL Science Festival, Warm Springs and Pine Mountain), some familiar sights (cats, robots), our last high school musical (😭), and The Pollening! #1secondeveryday
"The legislation’s practical effect would be to criminalize library workers for simply doing their job."
Library workers deserve protection, not prosecution georgiarecorder.com/2025/03/17/l...
Library workers deserve protection, not prosecution georgiarecorder.com/2025/03/17/l...
Library workers deserve protection, not prosecution • Georgia Recorder
Georgians have access to a public library in every county in the state, adding up to more than 400 public library branches. In 2024, Georgia’s library cardholders borrowed more than 11.7 million items...
georgiarecorder.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"The legislation’s practical effect would be to criminalize library workers for simply doing their job."
Library workers deserve protection, not prosecution georgiarecorder.com/2025/03/17/l...
Library workers deserve protection, not prosecution georgiarecorder.com/2025/03/17/l...
IMLS funding cuts hurt libraries and everyone who uses them - children, rural library users, genealogists, readers with disabilities, and you! Please sign and share the petition before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Stop Trump's E.O. Attacks on Federal Funding for Libraries
In a new executive order, President Trump has targeted the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the federal agency charged with distributing congressionally approved funds to state librari...
action.everylibrary.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
IMLS funding cuts hurt libraries and everyone who uses them - children, rural library users, genealogists, readers with disabilities, and you! Please sign and share the petition before it's too late! action.everylibrary.org/eoimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
A considerable amount of time outside this February, whether because of or in spite of the weather. #1secondeveryday
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A considerable amount of time outside this February, whether because of or in spite of the weather. #1secondeveryday
The Georgia Tech Library is hiring a Head of Research Data Services - read more at library.gatech.edu/about/jobs
Job Opportunities | Georgia Tech Library
Interested in working at the Georgia Tech Library? Check out our job opportunities. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.
library.gatech.edu
February 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Georgia Tech Library is hiring a Head of Research Data Services - read more at library.gatech.edu/about/jobs
Some pleasant moments in a long, strange January #1secondeveryday #1se
February 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Some pleasant moments in a long, strange January #1secondeveryday #1se
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Never forget alt text again:
1. Settings
2. Accessibility
3. Require alt text before posting
1. Settings
2. Accessibility
3. Require alt text before posting
November 20, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Never forget alt text again:
1. Settings
2. Accessibility
3. Require alt text before posting
1. Settings
2. Accessibility
3. Require alt text before posting
Hopping on this train...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,365,194!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,365,194!
September 17, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Hopping on this train...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,365,194!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #4,365,194!
Revisiting one of my most rewarding work experiences
digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol61/is...
digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol61/is...
Georgia Tech Library Reaches Out in Native Languages
The Georgia Tech Library recently launched a series of multi-language welcome videos for students and faculty. The videos, which are available in French, Arabic, Mandarin, Korean, Hindi, Tamil, Spanis...
digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu
August 1, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Revisiting one of my most rewarding work experiences
digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol61/is...
digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol61/is...
Big news! "FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she is proposing a rulemaking to use the FCC’s E-Rate program to purchase Wi-Fi hotspots so that school and public libraries can lend them out to patrons and students for home use." www.ala.org/news/ALA-wel...
ALA Welcomes FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel’s Learn Without Limits Initiative
In a speech at the American Library Association’s annual conference, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she is proposing a rulemaking to use the FCC’s E-R...
www.ala.org
July 31, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Big news! "FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she is proposing a rulemaking to use the FCC’s E-Rate program to purchase Wi-Fi hotspots so that school and public libraries can lend them out to patrons and students for home use." www.ala.org/news/ALA-wel...
Nice write-up of the Lost in the Stacks podcast, where I've been a co-producer for a few years.
www.charleston-hub.com/2024/07/podc...
www.charleston-hub.com/2024/07/podc...
Podcast Parade | Charleston Hub
www.charleston-hub.com
July 24, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Nice write-up of the Lost in the Stacks podcast, where I've been a co-producer for a few years.
www.charleston-hub.com/2024/07/podc...
www.charleston-hub.com/2024/07/podc...
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The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements science.anu.edu.au/news-events/... this is rather wonderful
The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements
After reading hundreds and hundreds of PhD theses, we accidentally discovered how to write the perfect PhD acknowledgement: it's a kind of poetry.
science.anu.edu.au
July 18, 2024 at 10:56 PM
The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements science.anu.edu.au/news-events/... this is rather wonderful
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Medar de la Cruz, an artist who works as a jail-and-prison-services assistant for Brooklyn Public Library, received the Pulitzer in the illustrated-reporting-and-commentary category for “The Diary of a Rikers Island Library Worker,” which takes readers inside New York City’s largest jail complex.
Library Worker Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize
Medar de la Cruz, an artist who works as a jail-and-prison-services assistant for Brooklyn Public Library, received the Pulitzer Prize in the illustrated-reporting-and-commentary category for “The Dia...
ilovelibraries.org
May 9, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Medar de la Cruz, an artist who works as a jail-and-prison-services assistant for Brooklyn Public Library, received the Pulitzer in the illustrated-reporting-and-commentary category for “The Diary of a Rikers Island Library Worker,” which takes readers inside New York City’s largest jail complex.
Using ChatGPT to assist with library research and search construction, and other tips for librarians
www.choice360.org/libtech-insi...
www.choice360.org/libtech-insi...
April 17, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Using ChatGPT to assist with library research and search construction, and other tips for librarians
www.choice360.org/libtech-insi...
www.choice360.org/libtech-insi...
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Intermediate #science knowledge predicts overconfidence
4 large surveys conducted over 30 years in 34 different territories in Europe and the USA (N>90 000) finds those with moderate amounts of knowledge possessed the highest level of overconfidence.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
4 large surveys conducted over 30 years in 34 different territories in Europe and the USA (N>90 000) finds those with moderate amounts of knowledge possessed the highest level of overconfidence.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
April 3, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Intermediate #science knowledge predicts overconfidence
4 large surveys conducted over 30 years in 34 different territories in Europe and the USA (N>90 000) finds those with moderate amounts of knowledge possessed the highest level of overconfidence.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
4 large surveys conducted over 30 years in 34 different territories in Europe and the USA (N>90 000) finds those with moderate amounts of knowledge possessed the highest level of overconfidence.
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Interesting article about the art of prompt engineering.
“Generative AI has increased the demand for the very skills we worried it would replace, such as writing, editing, and critical thinking... These liberal arts skills are also the key to prompt engineering.”
“Generative AI has increased the demand for the very skills we worried it would replace, such as writing, editing, and critical thinking... These liberal arts skills are also the key to prompt engineering.”
Prompt Engineering: The Art of Getting What You Need From Generative AI
iac.gatech.edu
February 15, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Interesting article about the art of prompt engineering.
“Generative AI has increased the demand for the very skills we worried it would replace, such as writing, editing, and critical thinking... These liberal arts skills are also the key to prompt engineering.”
“Generative AI has increased the demand for the very skills we worried it would replace, such as writing, editing, and critical thinking... These liberal arts skills are also the key to prompt engineering.”