Back to the Blog!

January 19th, 2008 Stewart

My apologies for having left this blog unattended for as long as I did. I have a pretty valid reason for my disappearance, though.

After my last post back in May, I was recruited into a new job, as library director for the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa campus. With the impending move across the country, and a new library to learn inside and out, I made the decision to put the blog aside until the time felt right to pick it up again. With the new year just starting, and so many exciting things to report, I’ve decided to jump back into the blogosphere.

As the title suggests, “Professional Notes” has never been a particularly personal blog, and that isn’t going to change any time soon. My posts here will focus instead on my work life, both as a newly minted library director and as a scholar on matters related to information literacy, informatics, and the Millennial generation of learners. I also plan on having this blog double as my “director’s blog” for our new library web site (in development), so I will also post on matters related to the OU-Tulsa Library.

A little bit about the OU-Tulsa Library — We serve a diverse campus, one which blends programs from the Graduate College (including Architecture, Education, Library Science, Telecommunications, and an innovative new program in Organizational Dynamics) with traditional Health Sciences programs (including Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health). While the library has its roots as a medical library, the collections and services have grown to include many other disciplines. We’re continuing to grow and evolve, but this library has amazing potential, as does this campus, and I’m very excited about the role I will play in this continuing evolution.

I will be posting (more) regularly in the future. Thanks for reading!

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