Mel Chivers
@melchivers.bsky.social
Librarian living in Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa.
Likely to post about politics, food, library-stuff, exercise (bouldering, cycling...), crafting (knitting, crochet, mending) and life in-between.
Likely to post about politics, food, library-stuff, exercise (bouldering, cycling...), crafting (knitting, crochet, mending) and life in-between.
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Librarians and library workers: “We’d like seamless access, security for our patrons’ information, plus more things to try with APIs and macros.”
Vendors: “Okay, but what if instead we gave you and your patrons a glorified Clippy who just made shit up most of the time and sucked up gobs of power??”
Vendors: “Okay, but what if instead we gave you and your patrons a glorified Clippy who just made shit up most of the time and sucked up gobs of power??”
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Librarians and library workers: “We’d like seamless access, security for our patrons’ information, plus more things to try with APIs and macros.”
Vendors: “Okay, but what if instead we gave you and your patrons a glorified Clippy who just made shit up most of the time and sucked up gobs of power??”
Vendors: “Okay, but what if instead we gave you and your patrons a glorified Clippy who just made shit up most of the time and sucked up gobs of power??”
And let's not even talk about the state of non-science research funding...
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
And let's not even talk about the state of non-science research funding...
Don't worry there will be additional mystery metrics for the disciplines where citations don't show excellence! Because everything can be reduced to a number right?!
September 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Don't worry there will be additional mystery metrics for the disciplines where citations don't show excellence! Because everything can be reduced to a number right?!
Thanks! 💜 Not going far, still research support but from our research office instead of the library.
July 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Thanks! 💜 Not going far, still research support but from our research office instead of the library.