Author Archives: davidwitteveen

About davidwitteveen

IT person. Zine Maker. Level 0 Library Nerd. Doctor Who fan.

A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies

Posted on August 4, 2019 by davidwitteveen

I read this short story about libraries, and reading, and escape last year. It came across my Twitter feed again, so I reread it. “He reached towards the book and the book reached back towards him, because books need to … Continue reading →

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Metadata and User Experience

Posted on August 1, 2019 by davidwitteveen

Is cataloguing separate from customer service in libraries? Or is it fundamental? My awesome friend @lissertations has written an excellent blog post about this… Continue reading →

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His Dark Materials trailer

Posted on July 19, 2019 by davidwitteveen

The BBC have released a trailer for their adaptation of His Dark Materials. I wrote a little bit about why Lyra Belacqua is precious to me. Continue reading →

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Twine as teaching tool

Posted on July 13, 2019 by davidwitteveen

A friend linked my to Victoria Parkinson’s fun Twine introduction to cataloguing, so article about using Twine in the classroom, and a link to (recreational) Twine games I enjoy. Continue reading →

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Post-NLS9 Report

Posted on July 10, 2019 by davidwitteveen

3 useful ideas I took home from #NLS9. And a wibble about the future of the planet. Continue reading →

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What I hope to get out of NLS9

Posted on July 4, 2019 by davidwitteveen

I’m tired, I’m sick, and I’m feeling underprepared for #NLS9. But there’s still some things I want to get out of this symposium… Continue reading →

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Roundup: Teenagers and YA articles

Posted on March 31, 2019 by davidwitteveen

A roundup of articles I’ve read recently about teenagers and YA. Only loosely related to libraries. Continue reading →

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Serendipity, synchronicity, and grief

Posted on March 14, 2019 by davidwitteveen

Serendipity, synchronicity, and grief; a post only tangentially related to libraries and this week’s #GLAMBlogClub theme of ‘serendipity’ Continue reading →

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Learning Koha 02: Decisions

Posted on March 10, 2019 by davidwitteveen

Learning Koha part 2: there’s some technical decisions you need to make before you can even start installing Koha. I walk you through my decision making process. Continue reading →

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Learning Koha 01: A new project…

Posted on February 24, 2019 by davidwitteveen

Uni starts in a week, I’m busy at work… so it’s the perfect time to teach myself the Koha open-source library management system. Continue reading →

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