Readers, I just wanted to repost something you might have missed. I write occasionally for the Amon Carter Museum Blog, where this post that I authored was originally posted on June 18. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!If you are one of the patrons of the Amon Carter Museum Library, all that you might see [...]
Archive for September, 2009
September 25, 2009
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Carter Blog
By Jason W. Dean in Librarianship, Library, Library Science, Personal, School
September 23, 2009
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Trip Through Texas
By Jason W. Dean in Personal, Photography, TravelFor our summer vacation, Jen and I toured a part of our great Lone Star State that neither of us had spent much time in: Central and Eastern Texas, where Texas began. We had a wonderful time, and allow me to tell you about some of the highlights:Washington on the Brazos – This state park [...]
September 22, 2009
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Thoughts on the next Governor of Texas.
By Jason W. Dean in Culture, PersonalDear reader – this post might be inflammatory, or might anger you. Allow me to issue a disclaimer before you read, and I continue writing. In this post, I am not advocating any specific political party, nor any specific candidate. I am, however, enumerating several concerns I have about the state of my home state, [...]
September 21, 2009
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IST 511, Final Day
By Jason W. Dean in Librarianship, Library, Library Science, School(Originally posted elsewhere on July 24.)Just got back to the room from the end of session barbecue. It feels great to be done with this part of the courses! It’s such a relief, but I will also look forward to the fall semester, and more opportunities for learning. Overall, it was a phenomenal experience – [...]
September 18, 2009
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IST 511, Day Four
By Jason W. Dean in Librarianship, Library, Library Science, School(Originally posted elsewhere on July 23rd.)Today’s discussion was about ethics, our profession, and the many concepts and ideas that those phrases bring to mind. We started off by talking about the definition of what librarianship is to the public as well as how we define ourselves. I felt that this was a very interesting topic, [...]
