Librarian | Researcher | Information professional
I rarely talk openly about being Autistic. As a multiply neurodivergent and disabled person, I’m proud of my wonderfully nuanced Autistic brain, yet also acutely aware of the risks and assumptions that come with disclosing. I’ve stepped into new roles and experiences this year, so I’ve been somewhat reflective about my experience of leadership as…
For the last few years, I’ve described my work as values-based. This was something that I saw as directly related to evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP), as I’m a proponent of making values explicit in decision-making. I cared enough to write a paper on this and apply values-based practice to value/impact work in open…
It’s Disability Pride Month, and I’m celebrating community and connection. Last Friday, I unboxed some assistive listening technology. I’d had to wait for it, and so was worried I had only imagined the positive impact from the first time I trialled it. But it was still there, and I once again benefited from something I…
I intended to work on my thesis and a paper today. But, instead, I’m thinking about expectations and problem-solving. Whether identifying, establishing, or communicating expectations, this has been a passing topic in several chats over the last few months. In the past three years, an expectation I’ve had for one of my team’s was documentation,…
Earlier this year, I found a post (focused on student leaders) asking: ‘Why are university meetings still so inaccessible?‘. The author reasons that making meetings accessible by design will ensure they are more “effective, productive and mindful of the diversity of the student and staff community.” What I especially like, though, is the statement: “And…