Posts By: rola

Our next discussion in our series of “Librarians Talk” is tomorrow Friday, November 30, 12-1 pm at 92 Mt Auburn. Bring your lunch, coffee and dessert will be provided. We’ll discuss space: What activities do we want to encourage in library spaces? What is the physical and social life of library spaces? Does the library… Read more »

Our second discussion in our series of “Librarians Talk” is today Friday 12-1pm at 92 Mt Auburn. Bring your lunch, coffee and dessert will be provided. We’ll discuss digitization: How can we maintain value through digitization? What is the implication of digital content on libraries? Is there a place for libraries in online education? What… Read more »

Our first lunch talk was a great success! Librarians from various libraries across Harvard casually came in to talk to us and share some insight on “Reference as portal”. Interesting points from the discussion: Librarians as our ‘partners’ or ‘friends’ Let’s think of the physical reference desk as a more friendly low desk rather than… Read more »

Dispatches from the Liminal Objects conference, by Rola Idris A Conference on Design called Liminal Objects took place yesterday in Piper Auditorium at the GSD. It was divided into 3 sessions beginning with an intro and ending with a round table. Each session was initiated by a moderator who presented 3 speakers. Each speaker spoke for… Read more »