Feral Librarian

I trust that my peers directing libraries across the country and across the world are trying to do the right thing in an unprecedented time, with incomplete and ever-changing information and dire...

https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2020/03/15/close-the-library/

But IMO, the most important thing that libraries can do is work to ensure that the knowledge and research products we already collect, curate, and disseminate are openly available and that the sc...

https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2019/07/03/libraries-in-a-computational-age/

Dear ____ , Thank you for the kind invitation to speak at ________, but I am afraid I will have to decline. I am taking a hiatus from all external commitments, including speaking engagements, for...

https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/hiatus/

Below is the modified text of my keynote talk at the 2018 Creative Commons Global Summit. Video also available. Sticking with the goal of talking about things I know, I figured I might start by t...

https://chrisbourg.wordpress.com/2018/04/17/open-as-in-dangerous/