Our poster engages a collaboration between Library Instruction and Black Studies/English, examining how we used an interdisciplinary pedagogy to create an environment where students understand themselves as contributors to the disciplines. Over the course of four years, the librarian came to the professor’s courses to provide scaffolded library i…[Read more]

In the words of the late scholar, critic, and artist, bell hooks, “though rarely articulated as such, the camera became in black life a political instrument, a way to resist misrepresentation as well as a means by which alternative images could be produced.” Black librarianship and memory work has been integral to preserving the evidence of thi…[Read more]

Many libraries hold rare book collections and they maintain and explore them with special attention, usually by following international standards. Over time, extensive knowledge has been accumulated about these books. However, the intensity of research on these collections can vary. My library’s rare book project presented here is based on the…[Read more]

The current rise of large language models (LLM) like ChatGPT and Bard and image-generating apps like Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney have led to a surge in hype and media coverage. This presentation was an attempt to cut through the hype and clarify the ways in which our unit might make use of the new generative AI tools available while…[Read more]

MSU Commons, the first institutional node of the expanding Humanities Commons network, is a multipurpose platform where users can develop a digital profile, join collaborative groups, build WordPress websites, and add materials to an open access repository. MSU Commons is available to all current faculty, staff, and students, as well as retired…[Read more]

In preparing to work with some colleagues on how to start with Mastodon I created a short document with some helpful tips. In addition to posting to my blog I wanted to share this with others who might be trying to figure out where to start with the fediverse.

Presentation delivered at the Library Publishing Forum 2023.

Abstract: While journals and monographs may be the most valorised outputs of research work, they are far from the only ones. In the pursuit of a more equitable knowledge ecosystem – where barriers to access and participation in knowledge creation are continually lowered – these “ot…[Read more]

Presentation slides from the “Introduction to Humanities Commons” workshop on May 3, 2023. This workshop provided an introduction to the four key areas of Humanities Commons: profiles, groups, sites, and the CORE repository. A recording of the workshop can be found here: https://youtu.be/DFe1OJVoGPw.