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A librarian, writer and educator reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons
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The double life of being chronically ill at work, slow librarianship, and checking in as an expression of care
Published: January 4, 2026 18:09
Developing a long-term illness, whether chronic or acute, is like being dropped into a country completely unfamiliar to you. You don’t know the language, the customs, the cuisine, the people.…
Rest as a productive act
https://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2025/08/19/rest-as-a-productive-act/
Published: August 19, 2025 18:37
I’m a member of an online support group for the autoimmune condition I have and one of the recently diagnosed people wrote a post about how hard it is to…
Toxic comparison, time poverty, and a manager’s duty of care
Published: June 5, 2025 23:10
I haven’t written anything in a while because it’s been a really hard few months. My health has taken a turn for the worse with a new condition – also…
The Crushing Mental Load of Disability
Published: January 29, 2025 00:08
Photo credit: Statue Atlas by PeterKraayvanger on Pixabay This isn’t the essay I was planning to publish next. I’ve been working on an essay about the lack of solidarity around…
It’s not about information literacy: Why people’s risk calculus around COVID has changed
Published: December 3, 2024 15:53
Image credit: Willet on the Beach by Korall inWikimedia Commons I’ve been doing so much thinking, reading, and writing on social media about COVID that I was honestly surprised to…
On 20 Years of Blogging at Information Wants to be Free
Published: November 16, 2024 19:36
Today is the 20th anniversary of this blog. I put that on my calendar about 6 months ago when I realized how close to 20 years I was and then…
A review of Information Literacy and Social Media by SantamarĂa and Pfannenstiel
Published: September 24, 2024 16:38
Santamaria, M., & Pfannenstiel, N. (2024). Information literacy and social media : empowered student engagement with the ACRL framework. Association of College and Research Libraries. When I started writing my book…
Community Time and Enoughness: The heart of slow librarianship
Published: September 11, 2024 15:58
Photo credit: Mushrooms surrounded by trees by Valentin S. This is the sixth and final essay in a series of essays I’ve written on time. You can view a list…
Queer Time, Crip Time, and Subverting Temporal Norms
Published: August 12, 2024 18:27
Photo credit: The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder This is the fifth in a series of essays I’ve written on time. You can view a list of all of…
Meredith’s Slow Productivity (not to be mistaken for Cal Newport’s Faux Slow Productivity)
Published: June 24, 2024 18:45
Image credit: Dolce Far Niente by John William Godward This is the fifth in a series of essays I’ve written on time. You can view a list of all of them on the first essay. Two weeks ago, I critiqued Cal Newport’s book Slow Productivity. In this post, I’m…