Category Archives: Interviews

Respect mah authoritah!

Posted on 19 April 2013 by amelianj

My final and other main interview subject was Carrie Russell, the American Library Association director for the Program on Public Access to Information. I figured she may be more used to a question-and-answer type of format, so I prepared a … Continue reading →

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HCL

Posted on 19 April 2013 by amelianj

I took a trip to my local library and milled around for about an hour. I chatted with a few of the librarians and picked up some material about their e-book program, and took 11 pages of fieldnotes. My poor … Continue reading →

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Playing catch up

Posted on 19 April 2013 by amelianj

My second interview subject is a library assistant at the university library. I explained a bit about my project and her ears perked up a little. The librarian-on-duty seemed to be listening in as well, but was obviously sympathetic because … Continue reading →

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The quiet, loquacious ones

Posted on 4 April 2013 by amelianj

Don’t mess with the librarians. I have a few libraries within range, namely the school’s own academic library where I tend to hide for several hours a day between classes. But silly me, I didn’t even think to do a … Continue reading →

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Checkin’ mah email

Posted on 31 March 2013 by amelianj

…that post title is for anyone who remembers Strongbad Email. Welp, Teen Girl Squad is a DECADE old now. Where does the time go?? Anyhoo, I emailed DOUGLAS RUSHKOFF the other day after my nerdmembranes flailed in utter joy as … Continue reading →

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Conversations, from memory

Posted on 31 March 2013 by amelianj

WOO HOO! Now that I have an email interview lined up and am pondering some major changes to my project, I thought I might as well write the follow-up post to my original interview prep. Jean and I met on … Continue reading →

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Omg omg I leveraged!!

Posted on 30 March 2013 by amelianj

Got a tweet response!

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Breaking the seal

Posted on 18 March 2013 by amelianj

My first interviewee is a lady named Jean. She is one of the organizers of the Friends of the Hunterdon County Library Annual Book Sale and also produces their thrice-yearly newsletter. She actually recognized me because my mom walked around … Continue reading →

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