Teaching citation (among librarians) focuses on giving credit and avoiding plagiarism, which are only the baseline of engaging in scholarly conversation. I would love to see a larger focus on being a good scholarly listener (good-faith articulation of others' args, citing for reproducibility, etc.).

I am the highest paid person in my department. I make 40% more money than the lowest paid person in my department, who is a parapro. My job is probably 40% more annoying than his is and I have 15 years more experience. This seems appropriate! Thank you, union!

I just found out that if I want to order catering for an exhibit reception with privately-raised funds I need to have a sign-in sheet and pass on the guest list within 30 days of the event so that we can "gather metrics." I look forward to welcoming Erasmus B. Dragon and Seymour Butts.

archival repositories are full of bullshit that no one cares about because our job, fundamentally, is to talk people into letting the cat out of the bag. more people need to do that work! it's hard but it is basically the whole job.

treat your donors like adults. explain to them that anything they transfer will be public. explain why this is a good thing.

That sounds like way more fun than writing.

"Police investigations attempted to link Spike's murder with his bisexuality.[3][6]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...

"Spike was bludgeoned to death at Ohio State University in Columbus on October 17, 1966.[5] No one was ever tried for his murder; after a systematic review some church sources believe that he was assassinated.[3]"

I think that biographies in archival description are under-theorized. Maybe this is our next writing project

I can now say that the first representation of a gun being shot that Hugo has ever seen is when they shoot at Fozzie bear onstage at El Sleazo Café in the first 20 minutes. I turned it off! I’m too sensitive!

Unfortunately, the city shelters in Northampton and Amherst often don't have enough room. Last winter, St. John's paid to put people in hotel rooms when the overnight temperatures were well below freezing. This upgrade will let them serve 24 additional guests.