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Scripted remarks for IMLS Focus Convening – May 15
What a crazy week it’s been … the weekend at LOEX, an on-campus guest, and a quick trip to San Francisco for an IMLS Focus meeting on the future of learning spaces in libraries. It was such a pleasure to … Continue reading
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TXLA Presentation: Makerspaces and Libraries
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UMSI announces new specialization
As some of you know, the MSI committee at the University of Michigan School of Information has been engaged in deep conversations about how to continue to iterate our programs in order to best prepare students for the information professions. … Continue reading
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What Counts as a Library Makerspace?
Cross-posted to the Makerbridge blog … Over on the Library as Incubator Project blog, I was delighted to see a University of Michigan School of Information alum, Eden Rassette, blogging about what she called a “pop-up teen makerspace.” It’s a … Continue reading
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New Guilty Pleasure: Bad Visualizations
After working on the book Creating and Understanding Infographics, I remain intrigued at how we teach students strategies for visualizing data. Sometimes, it’s hard to find really bad examples of poor visualization strategies. That’s why my new guilty pleasure is WTF Visualizations. … Continue reading
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How I Spent My Saturday Afternoon
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Quotable: Neil Gaiman on imagination and mistakes
From CNN.com: “The imagination – it’s a muscle,” [Neil Gaiman] told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday. “It’s a really important thing. If you want to build the future, if you want to create a literate generation, if you want to … Continue reading
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HBR: “Tactile Intelligence”
From “Why Kids — and Workers — Need to Get Their Hands Dirty” by Dorothy Leonard and Tim Bridges on the Harvard Business Review blog: Children in the U.S. today interact much less with their physical environment than they used to. Few … Continue reading
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Makerspaces at UMSI Convocation
Michigan Makers’ brainstorm of what “being a maker” means. Copyright 2013 Michigan Makers. Happy New School Year, Everybody! Last month, Rachel Goldberg shared her perspective on the Michigan Makers project, a pop-up middle school makerspace featuring University of Michigan School … Continue reading
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Hello, AAPS Librarians!
“a2” by Barbara Eckstein on Flickr. CC-BY. Hello, Ann Arbor Public Schools Media Department! After a busy summer logging great conversations and frequent flyer miles to and from Virginia, Kansas City, Texas (twice, but only once were my ears blocked … Continue reading
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