Alison Hitchens

Fyi, I posted about c4ln on linked in and someone reached out to me about how to propose a talk. I gave instructions but also gave your contact info if needed

Do you think folks would be interested in talk like "exploring GenAI as an administrator (no not a sys admin)"?

seriously considering :-)

So excited to see that McMaster is hosting Code4Lib North!

anyone else find they are reluctant to clear out the deleted e-mails folder at work because chances are someone will ask you a question about past practice/decision that could be answered by that stash?

one-eyed cat sitting on table

I haven't gotten back into the habit of posting yet but I think what the internet needs today is a picture of my one-eyed cat

would be good to have!

Here you go: To Dr. Milligan you are the best RDM co-chair I know.

last day of work before a holiday break and I have no meetings (so far) so will take opportunity to get myself organized for the new year. Busiest December I can recall and I'm going into my 20th year at UW!

University Librarian University Librarian

Just a reminder that we're hiring a University Librarian and you or someone you know might be a good fit.

I'm not applying and I'm not on the committee so if you have questions feel free to reach out.

www.kbrs.ca/Career/17327...

it's only Tuesday morning and it's already been a week. In fun news though I bought a little magnasonic film scanner yesterday and found a picture of my Dad that I hadn't seen before

Betty Crocker's cooky book / ill. by Eric Mulvany Betty Crocker's cooky book / ill. by Eric Mulvany

In the Hathi Trust newsletter they shared this Betty Crocker's cooky book. Enjoy for your holiday baking babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=co...

3 work-related holiday parties today plus going to the panto tonight at Drayton Entertainment. May be holidayed out before the holidays! On the plus side, I'm doing quality control of the gingerbread (cake) I made for the SCA holiday lunch

Averting the Digital Dark Age: How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory is released _today_.

You can buy a copy, or, you can read it FOR FREE via Project MUSE. Please spread the news to your colleagues, your friends, your syllabus makers.

muse.jhu.edu/book/123276

I'm guessing you don't have time to walk to DP!

slice of layer cake

thanks to OCUL for the Omni 5 year celebration cake! Nice pick-me-up on a December day

So the churn goes pretty fast here on Blu? I haven't seen it anywhere here so I'll post:

New CFP from Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship.

Reflections and Speculations on Critical Librarianship.

cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

Starting up on this platform. Spent the past week looking after post-surgery cat who hopefully will transition back to his normal kibble... Stay here for photography, cat news, camping, baking, and the occasional librarian type post