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Motion to Expand STEAM to STEAMPUNK

What started as a joke is now an earnest proposal to expand STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) to STEAMPUNK (+play, uncertainty, nature, kindness). Video created for my Policy, Advocacy, and Leadership in Education course in August 2021. Transcript: STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math first appeared in the 1990s and was meant toContinue reading “Motion to Expand STEAM to STEAMPUNK”

5 Ideas for March Mammal Madness Environmental Education Activities

One of my favorite events of the year is almost upon us: March Mammal Madness, lovingly MMM hereafter. MMM is an annual virtual competition that pits different animals against each other in scientifically plausible but hypothetical battles. The competition is designed as a bracketed game, much like the sporting event of similar name, but aimsContinue reading “5 Ideas for March Mammal Madness Environmental Education Activities”

On Environmental Education

This paper was written as my final paper for my Understanding Learning course in Fall 2020. The assignment was called “Theoretical Framework” and serves as an in depth description of my educational philosophy. The purpose of education is something I have spent a lot of time thinking about in my career and as I beganContinue reading “On Environmental Education”

Community Science and Who Tells the Story about Nature

This was written as the final paper for my Environment & Society course Spring 2020 Environmental Ethic I hold an ecocentric environmental ethic. I believe that nature has inherent value, and that all species are a part of nature. As such, I believe that access to natural spaces is the right of all animals, includingContinue reading “Community Science and Who Tells the Story about Nature”

Scholarly Communication, Research Communication, and Digital Scholarship

I started my career in librarianship because I saw great value in sharing information. It was no surprise then when I got involved with scholarly communication, digital scholarship, and research communication. The three fields are distinct, but have considerable overlap. I spend a lot of time trying to differentiate these fields in my mind andContinue reading “Scholarly Communication, Research Communication, and Digital Scholarship”

Communication across communities: Why isn’t this working?

This post originally was published on the Libraries+Network blog on May 5, 2017. One of the lessons we’ve learned in working on the Data Refuge project is that librarians aren’t the only people who have, for years, been discussing how to solve the problems associated with so much of our most important governmental information onlyContinue reading “Communication across communities: Why isn’t this working?”

So Your Library Is Closing

This post was originally published on my Missed Points blog on April 15, 2016 We’ve known for a while that the branch library where I work (a STEM library at a university) would close eventually. Some years this has meant very stressful uncertainty about whether or not we’d be here at the end of theContinue reading “So Your Library Is Closing”

Let’s Talk about SciHub

This post was originally posted on my Missed Points blog on March 4, 2016 I so badly don’t want to go into the background of what Sci-Hub is. If you want to read more about what this is and why a lot of people’s feathers are ruffled about it, you have many options. Here’s theContinue reading “Let’s Talk about SciHub”

The System Is Down: Could it be space weather?

This post was originally published on the SEL Blog for Temple University on March 7, 2014 If you’ve tried to do research using the libraries’ services this week, you may have encountered a few hiccups. The computer labs in the Paley Library lost their network connection for a little while and our EZBorrow system and Summon discovery service weren’tContinue reading “The System Is Down: Could it be space weather?”

Science of Therapy Dogs

This post was originally published on the SEL Blog for Temple University on December 9, 2013. If you’ve been at Paley Library this week, you may have noticed we have some visiting therapy dogs. The dogs are with Therapy Dogs International and are here to help you relax before and after your final exams. If you like dogs,Continue reading “Science of Therapy Dogs”