When I tell people that I currently have more than 400 feeds in my aggregator most stare at me a bit slack-jawed. How could I possibly read that much content. Well, to be honest, I read a lot of headlines and skim the rest. I look for patterns and that leads me to what I need to read in more depth. However, after today, I will be reading every word of every post Meredith Farkas ever writes. (Oh, and there’s a copy of Social Software in Libraries on my desk that I’ll be starting just as soon as I’m done with Everything is Miscellaneous.)
Two days ago, Meredith posted a lengthy, yet worth the time to read, commentary on change and transparency, and how change for change’s sake isn’t necessarily good and how transparency only works if you’re actually responding to the comments you’re receiving. Go now and read her post. Be sure to read all the comments too. I’m sure there’ll be more by the time you get there.
When you’re done, leave a response, the go back to her first paragraph and follow the link (or this one) to the Library Suggestion Blog from Virginia Commonwealth University’s library. For those looking for a way to use blogging to be more transparent and more human, there’s a spectacular example that I’ll be subscribing to and demoing in my future blogging workshops.
Thanks Meridith! I’m glad I know you and I’m glad the profession has you!
Thanks for bringing this to our attention! Meredith has written a thoughtful piece which makes me want to read more of her postings.