Jane Jacobs, Glenna Lang, and Scranton: The Power of Observation
May 4, 2021 marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of Jane Jacobs, the urban activist/theorist/author from Scranton, Pennsylvania, where...
Life after Death: The Staying Power of Jane Jacobs
The ideas and influence of Jane Jacobs, the urban activist/theorist/author who died at 89 in 2006, continue to be relevant...
Changing the World the Jane Jacobs Way
If you’d like to make your mark on the world during your lifetime, with the hope that your influence extends...
My 2016 Pittsburgh AIIP Roger Summit Award Days
On April 8th, I had the honor of receiving the Roger Summit Award, from the Association of Independent Information Professionals/AIIP,...
My Tokyo Drucker Days, Part Six
A number of books and articles that I collected over a period of years became important background material for the...
My Chicago SLA Days, Part Three
In my previous posts about the 2012 SLA/Special Libraries Association annual conference, I wrote about serendipity and networking, as well...