Librarian, Information Advocate, A 21st Century Oscar Wilde
While looking for something else I found these pictures of when I visited Vyborg in 2013. I went there on a group trip with Östra Finlands nation (my student nation s friend nation in Helsinki) since their old province was the easternmost parts of Finland, including Viipuri Finland s second city until they lost it in [ ]
This series started with a Savo library a short detour on my Karelian trip last summer. It s time to return to Karelia and to the shores of Lappeenranta (a city whose local museum boasts an impressive model of old Viipuri but very little information about Lappeenranta! I don t mind because Viipuri is cool, but [ ]
The library of the week is the delightful public library in Hudiksvall, Sweden. It s a library in a municipal system consisting of eight libraries in total. I was there in November 2024 to give a talk on libraries and the 2030 Agenda for HelGebiblioteken (a collaboration between the public libraries in the Gästrikland and Hälsingland [ ]
Ha! I missed one week because I was busy with three (3) deadlines last week, so this is a retcon post dated 12 February (but written on 20 February). I march to my own drum. B) I know next to nothing about this library except it has a beautiful exterior. I must have passed by [ ]
Some libraries I ve visited has just been a quick run in and out whilst passing by. Seattle Central Library is one such visit. I went there on a Wednesday evening in October 2019 when I was travelling around the US. I remember being hungry and looking for a vegan burger joint when deciding to stop [ ]
What to do when the library you want to visit is closed for renovation? Chances are you encounter a library surprise in the street because the world is ultimately a good place! Library Mini library at Manhattan Ave/Java St Place Brooklyn, NY, USA Coordinates 40.731556, -73.954406 I was browsing through old pictures from my first [ ]
This week s library is Kallio library (Berghälls bibliotek, Kallion kirjasto) in Helsinki. It s a beautiful library in a neighbourhood formerly dominated by workers and currently dominated by hipsters paying overpriced rent. Kallio is the setting for the famous novel Pussikaljaromaani (Öl, vänskap och tärningsspel) that I read with great pleasure the second summer I lived [ ]
This week I m doing a live post from CDMX where I m attending the Wikimedia+Libraries International Convention (its first edition was in Dublin 2022). This will be a short but delightful post since I m busy conferencing. Here you can read a little bit about Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas. Library Biblioteca Daniel Cosío Villegas Place Mexico City, [ ]
Welcome to this new segment we ll see how long it lasts. Like many start of the new year initiatives this may trickle out soon. This has been on my mind for a while, and what I ve really wanted to do is to create my own library map of the world featuring all the libraries [ ]
I m currently reading Naomi Klein s Doppelgänger and I ve therefore experienced a flare of disgust at the thought of building my personal brand (it s essentially just more data for the surveillance capitalism monster). The last year or so I ve been posting about my doctoral research progress on Linkedin. I think I at some point started worrying [ ]
I m currently in Chester, taking a two week course in academic English. It came at an opportune time for me as I am in the process of writing of my doctoral research in a monograph. This morning we did a writing exercise in free writing a stream of consciousness from the academic mind, if [ ]
September is the best month of the year. I ve always found it ideal for travelling. Summer is starting to let go but the autumn slump has not yet begun and the beginning-of-the-semester vibe is omnipresent, full with hope and enthusiasm for the future. 🌞🍁⚖️ This September I have been (and am still!) travelling through Sweden [ ]
Let s start off this semester with some reflections on artificial intelligence in libraries. 🤖 🗃 📚 This month is a lot of revising, writing, transcribing, reading, and making travel arrangements for fieldwork in Sweden in September. East, south, west, north fingers crossed the ships and trains will carry me where I need to go. [ ]
I ve written a report (sv. kunskapsöversikt) about libraries and Wikipedia on behalf of Biblioteksutveckling Sörmland. The report highlights how libraries can work with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms to teach media and information literacy and digital literacy 💻 ; preserve, communicate, and encourage interactivity with cultural heritage collections 🎭 ; inspire the [ ]
May was a month of adventures! On 11 May I gave a keynote on AI, libraries and society at the library days of Finland s Swedish library association. This picture from this event was graciously taken and shared by Maria Lorentzon. On 24 May a text I wrote together with my colleague Hilda Forss about ChatGPT [ ]