Librarian of Things

Librarian of Things
	Weeknote 9 (2021)
§1 Zotero PDF Reader A new look and functionality for Zotero’s PDF Reader is still in beta. I can’t wait for this version to be unleashed! §2 MIT D2O Earlier this week, MIT Press announced a new Open Access Monograph program. It appears that the transition of scholarly ebooks to another form of subscription product … Continue reading "Weeknote 9 (2021)"
	Weeknote 8 (late) 2021
Last week I had a week that was more taxing than normal and I had nothing in the tank by Friday. So I’m putting together last week’s weeknotes today. Also, going forward each section heading has been anchor tagged for your link sharing needs. e.g. §1 §2 §3 §4 §5 and §6. I say this … Continue reading "Weeknote 8 (late) 2021"
	Weeknote 7 (2021)
Today the library is closed as is my place of work’s tradition on the last day of Reading Week. But as I have three events (helping in a workshop, giving a presentation, participating in a focus group) in my calendar, I’m just going to work the day and bank the time for later. §1 Barbara … Continue reading "Weeknote 7 (2021)"
	Weeknote 6 (2021)
Another week in which I was doing a lot of behind the scenes work. §1 Duly noted: Here’s the article in full. §2 Years ago, I gave a keynote called Libraries are for use. And by use, I mean copying that featured the short and sad story of a person who was unable to donate … Continue reading "Weeknote 6 (2021)"
	Weeknote 5 (2021)
§1 Last Friday I was interviewed for the podcast The Grasscast — a game-themed podcast named after the book, The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia. I ramble a little bit in the episode as I tried to be more open and conversational than concise and correct. But I also spoke that way because for some … Continue reading "Weeknote 5 (2021)"
	Weeknote 4 (2021)
I don’t have much that I can report in this week’s note. You are just going to have to take my word that this week, a large amount of my time was spent at meetings pertaining to my library department, my union, and anti-black racism work. §1 Last year, around this same time, some colleagues … Continue reading "Weeknote 4 (2021)"
	Weeknote 3 (2021)
Hey. I missed last week’s weeknote. But we are here now. §1 This week I gave a class on searching scientific literature to a group of biology masters students. While I was making my slides comparing the Advanced Search capabilities of Web of Science and Scopus, I discovered this weird behaviour of Google Scholar: a … Continue reading "Weeknote 3 (2021)"
	Weeknote 1 (2021)
This week’s post is not going to capture my ability to be productive while white supremacists appeared to be ushered in and out of the US Capitol building by complicit police and COVID-19 continued to ravage my community because our provincial government doesn’t want to spend money on the most vulnerable. Instead, I’m just going … Continue reading "Weeknote 1 (2021)"
	Weeknote 50 (2020)
§1 It looks like Andromeda Yelton is sharing weeknotes (“This week in AI“). I can’t wait to see what she shares with us all in 2021. §2 Earlier this fall, Clarivate Analytics announced that it was moving toward a future that calculated the Journal Impact Factor (JIF) based on the date of electronic publication and not … Continue reading "Weeknote 50 (2020)"
	Weeknote 49 (2020)
§1 I don’t have much to report in regards to the work I’ve been doing this week. I tried to get our ORCiD-OJS plugin to work but there is some small strange bug that needs to be squished. Luckily, next week I will have the benefit of assistance from the good people of CRKN and … Continue reading "Weeknote 49 (2020)"