#Inspiration

Inside ZSR

The Future of Education: The Horizon Project Retreat

Immediately following ALA, I was extremely lucky to be able to attend The Future of Education: The Horizon Project’s Tenth Year Retreat. Since I first learned of the Horizon Project, I have been impressed with it. It’s an annual report, with editions for higher education, k-12 education, and museums, about the technologies that are on... more

Lauren P. at ALAO

Last week, in the middle of this crazy semester, I took a few days to present at ALAO. I’m still catching up, but it was also nice to have a bit of a breather! 🙂 ALAO is the Academic Library Association of Ohio. They hold an annual one-day conference on issues related to academic libraries,... more

Harvard Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians — Class of 2010

“Qualities of great leadership are: focus, passion, wisdom, courage, and integrity.” Lee Bolman The above quote might make you think this institute was just a series of sage tidbits, but it really was a highly personal and potentially transformational experience. The class was over 100 academic librarians in leadership positions mostly from the U.S., with... more

Report on course materials symposium

On Monday Molly, Barry and Erik attended the WFU symposium on the future of course materials at Wake Forest from the remote location in the ZSR library. The symposium was run using adobe connect and we were amazed when we saw our own Lynn Sutton introduce the espresso book printing machine. There were lots of... more