Contributors 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 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 TTW Guest Contributor on July 29, 2016 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

Recent Tame the Web guest-poster Anna-Carin U’Ren was the lucky recipient of a REFORMA travel grant to attend the ALA annual conference in Orlando. Read about her adventures and the connections she was able to make at the conference in her community profile on the SJSU School of Information site. Way to […]

Student Connections

This entry was posted in Librarians, Libraries & the Profession on July 19, 2016 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

When I tell people about my studies in the LIS field, I often hear a few similar responses: “Oh, do they still need librarians with Google and ebooks around?” (Short answer: “Yes, of course!” Longer answer: “Library and information science is about more than searching Google and checking out books!” […]

Curiosity as a Prerequisite to LIS – A TTW Guest ...

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on June 22, 2016 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

The book entitled “It’s Complicated: Social Lives of Networked Teens” by Danah Boyd offers various examples, explanations, and even contradictions to the “issue” of teens and social media. The book is broken into eight chapters: identity, privacy, addiction, danger, bullying, inequality, literacy, and searching for a public of their own. […]

“It’s Complicated…” to say the least – A TTW Guest ...

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on June 15, 2016 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

The following poem was inspired by Taylor Mali’s “What Teachers Make” and was created as a both a tribute to librarians and libraries and a summary of sorts of what I have learned in Professor Michael Stephens’ HyperLinked Library Course from San Jose State. I was invited to dinner one […]

What Librarians Make – A TTW Guest Post by Tracie ...

This entry was posted in Librarians, Libraries & the Profession on June 8, 2016 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman

First of all, I should note that I am a newcomer to the idea and notion of transparency. The idea of transparency seems to me to be a common sense practice and therefore, I was surprised to have never heard this term before this spring. I have worked in different […]

Transparency – A TTW Guest Post by Brittany Garcia

This entry was posted in TTW Guest Contributor on June 1, 2016 by Jessica Gilbert-Redman