Contributors Jessica Gilbert-Redman

Grounded, but with one eye on the horizon “When you press the pause button on a machine, it stops. But when you press the pause button on human beings they start… You start to reflect, you start to rethink your assumptions, you start to reimagine what is possible…” And […]

Where we live (Part 4) – A TTW Guest Post ...

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on September 19, 2017 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

Boundaries, Connections, and Transformation [B]oth ends act as anchors and as targets… – from the Wikipedia definition for hyperlink I didn’t set out in this class to keep coming back to a single a cohesive and overarching metaphor in my reflection posts about the deeply personal emotional experience of librarianship within […]

Where we live (Part 3) – A TTW Guest Post ...

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on September 12, 2017 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

Love makes a community When I lived in Seattle right after library school I was an AmeriCorps volunteer at Seattle Public Library and helped start the Wired for Learning program which taught tech skills to folks who needed them. In Seattle that was mostly low income folks, new immigrants and people with […]

Where we live (Part 2) – A TTW Guest Post ...

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on September 5, 2017 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

About a week after I got the offer for my current job, and ten days or so before I started, I went to my future workplace and walked in the front door. I did not tell anyone who I was or why I was there. I just puttered around, getting […]

Where we live (Part 1) – A TTW Guest Post ...

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on August 29, 2017 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

Shoppers walking on a pedestrian mall area — As libraries anticipate and explore new possibilities for the future, there are three areas that should be focused on for a successful transition; people, places, and objects. Libraries have always desired to reach out to their users, but in the past this involved library buildings that had to be visited […]

People, Places, and Objects – A TTW Guest Post by ...

This entry was posted in Student Voices TTW Guest Contributor on August 7, 2017 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

young couple sitting on the ground by water and hugging — Confession: I have neglected my duty as a library leader. With more than 10 years of experience working in three different types of libraries, and a multitude of specialized training under belt, I have neglected to strategically bring my library support staff into the conversation and up to speed on […]

Hobbit-Landia and Other Cross-Sections Between Staff and the Hyperlinked Library ...

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on June 12, 2017 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

Blue sky heart created by surrounding clouds — I come to this blog post with some concern in my heart. Deep in my heart I have a profound love and respect for public libraries. They are an essential part of any democracy. Access to libraries has increased over the history of democracies, and some who might not have […]

The Hyperlinked Public Library and Real Life – A TTW ...

This entry was posted in Student Voices TTW Guest Contributor on January 25, 2017 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

Pilot-in-residence George Seaman — Over the last few years I have been inspired and impressed by all the fabulous programs I read about or heard about at conferences where libraries had “Makers in Residence,” “Artists in Residence,” etc. It never dawned on me until now that my place of work has had its own […]

Our Pilot in Residence – A TTW Guest Post by ...

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on December 14, 2016 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

Anytime someone asks me if they should go to library school, I want to give them an unconditional “Yes!” Since I’ve graduated, spent almost two years working as a full-time librarian, and started to pay back my student loans, I haven’t given one unqualified “Yes!” to anyone. I’d like to […]

An Unconditional “Yes!”

This entry was posted in Information Professionals Libraries Organizations TTW Guest Contributor on July 29, 2016 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

"We must never forget that the human heart is at the center of the technological maze..." -Stephen Barnes