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Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home January 25, 2022
My last post reviewed an AALS panel on remote and hybrid work arrangements. I’m following up on that post and another post on time management with some takeaways from the book Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise … Continue reading →
Julie Tedjeske Crane
At the Desk Or: Yet Another Year-End List January 21, 2022
Happy New Year, y’all! As my fellow RIPS blogger pointed out last week, recent trends have given the eerie feeling that we’re living our version of Groundhog Day. A year or so ago I was conceding 2021 to an extent … Continue reading →
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Questions with Puron: Featured RIPS Member – Patrick Parsons January 20, 2022
Questions with Puron: Featured RIPS Member – Patrick Parsons, Coordinator of Reference and Instruction Services, Georgia State University College of Law Library Compiled by: Jessica B. Almeida Questions with Puron is an interview series launched by the RIPS PR & … Continue reading →
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Is it Possible to Spread Empathy Through the Library? January 19, 2022
As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approached last week, I found myself thinking about my university’s theme for forum addresses this year, “Creating a Beloved Community,” an idea that Dr. King did not invent but frequently referred to in his … Continue reading →
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RIPS-SIS 2022 AALL Leadership Academy Grants Available January 13, 2022
The RIPS-SIS Grants Committee is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the RIPS-SIS 2022 AALL Leadership Academy Grant. Funding for two grants are available. Awarded grants can reimburse up to $1500 worth of registration, travel, accommodation, and … Continue reading →
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Is it February 3rd Yet? January 13, 2022
It’s a new year. A new semester. A new COVID. But everything feels the same. Actually, not the same, worse? Omicron has made the past few weeks feel like a traumatic retelling of Groundhog Day, minus the quirky smalltown and … Continue reading →
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Questions with Puron: Featured RIPS Member – Dajiang Nie January 10, 2022
Questions with Puron: Featured RIPS Member – Dajiang Nie Compiled by: Jessica Almeida Questions with Puron is a social media series launched by the RIPS PR & Recruitment Committee to highlight the diverse views and professional strategies of the constituents … Continue reading →
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Remote and Hybrid Work January 10, 2022
Last week, I attended a timely and informative AALS program titled Law Libraries and Legal Information, Re‐envisioning Library Missions and Staffing in the Post COVID World. Jessica de Perio Wittman, University of Connecticut School of Law, moderated the discussion. The … Continue reading →
Julie Tedjeske Crane
“Pandemic Brain,” Burnout, and 2022 December 15, 2021
In my first post, I wrote about the big feelings our students might be grappling with and how to approach the semester carefully, with kindness and grace. Lately I’ve been asking myself: how do we do the same for ourselves? … Continue reading →
Olivia Smith Schlinck
Faculty Services: Keeping Up with Faculty Bibliographies December 13, 2021
In my last post, Evolution of a Faculty Services Position, I mentioned taking on the maintenance of the faculty bibliography pages. This post is a closer look at the tools and processes that are helpful for keeping the bibliographies up to … Continue reading →
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