Category Archives: The World We Live In

The value of “good work”

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Kimberly Hoffman

I wish I was more eloquent. I want to exhort and inspire and rain down wisdom from the mountaintops that hard work is noble! Being engaged in your work and intellectually curious, and sharing that enthusiasm and knowledge with the … Continue reading →

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Home?

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Kimberly Hoffman

I’ve always know I was born in the wrong place and the wrong time. My lovely trip to Ireland this summer reminded me there are homes of the heart. From the streets of Dublin, to New Grange, to Killary Bay, … Continue reading →

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Impact, promotion and press releases

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Kimberly Hoffman

Summer is Impact Factor (IF) season. Publishers, societies, and journal editors the world over anxiously await the outcome of the latest version of the Thomson Reuters® Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Will their journal IFs have increased or decreased? How will they … Continue reading →

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Experiment like a mad scientist

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Kimberly Hoffman

I am…annoying…unattractive…anxious…sad…lonely… ( _____ fill in your adjective here!) See Dr. Todd Kasdan’s exercise in this TEDx video to disassociate the thinker from the not-too-productive thought! Dr. Todd Kashdan’s very excellent TEDx talk Becoming a Mad Scientist With Your Life … Continue reading →

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Assembling Your Childhood or Lego’s Don’t Explode

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Kimberly Hoffman

I am blessed, with joy and fun, to have two sons. This allowed me to buy Lego’s for every Christmas and birthday for years (and still does!) I looked forward to the Lego Movie, but found angst amidst my glee. … Continue reading →

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Writer’s block?

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Kimberly Hoffman

It’s been too long since I have written a blog post. I can blame the cold, cold winter (yeast won’t rise and Polar Vortex, you know?) I can blame getting a new computer (and what is up with Windows 8? … Continue reading →

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Life’s punches

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Kimberly Hoffman

Roll with the punches, my Dad always said. We would laugh. Dad’s always say funny stuff over and over and over again. Now I begin to understand my Dad was saying it to himself, as much as to us. Remember … Continue reading →

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Change and serendipity

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Kimberly Hoffman

I realized this week that I want no part of this change that I have been managing for more than a year. I have been preaching to my staff that closing a library is bad and sad, but maybe also … Continue reading →

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Freedom according to Chaucer

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Kimberly Hoffman

According to my favorite (now online) reference tome…OED…it is time for reading and walking. Closing. moving, and consolidating libraries will have to wait. Vacation n. Freedom, release, or rest from some occupation, business, or activity. c1386 Chaucer Wife of Bath’s … Continue reading →

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Year-end review OR twice in two days…

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Kimberly Hoffman

As we wrap up this academic year, I am evaluating this academic year by ideas, not by closing a library. My choice! It’s been a tough year…but the ideas survive and nourish a tired brain. One of the biggest trends … Continue reading →