Rob Detmering

Librarian

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

Citizen Literacy is an online toolkit from University of Louisville Libraries that promotes the development of key information skills for democratic citizenship. https://t.co/Hl9fKD2FVh

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@tonyprinciotti @ScottGl64858656 How on earth are Schoenberg, etc. responsible for any of this? It's fascinating that relatively unpopular composers, apparently disliked by audiences for generations and barely performed in concert halls, are somehow so powerful as to destroy classical music culture.

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@joan_osborne I think this is fake.

[Sam Wineburg @samwineburg]

Expect an avalanche of misinformation (& the confusion that follows) in the next few hours. We educators have our work cut out. See our latest in today's LA Times. @nadavsziv @SHEG_Stanford https://t.co/EJyZ5suWBR

[Sam Wineburg @samwineburg]

One more thing: this little video from the amazing librarians at the University of Louisville, drawing on @SHEG_Stanford's concept of lateral reading, will save your kids much grief. Three minutes of your time, that's it. @robdetmering https://t.co/yu0H2MUfIP

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@samwineburg Thank you for promoting the University of Louisville Libraries' lateral reading video from our new Citizen Literacy toolkit: https://t.co/u5xgUl2MFs Your followers may also be interested in other videos on our site: algorithmic literacy, evaluating expertise, etc.

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@dowellml Jellyfish/Spilt Milk; Daryl Hall/Sacred Songs

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@dowellml At the End of the Century

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@dowellml That's interesting because you sometimes persuade me with your ideas. I'm just not telling you which ones.

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@dowellml "It" = people being on phones and computers all the time. That's what I've been assuming "technology" refers to in this discussion.

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@dowellml Regarding the technology thing, I agree it's policing students, and it's probably unrealistic. But it just doesn't seem that different to me from setting other kinds of classroom policies. And just because it's a cultural norm doesn't mean it should be a norm in class.

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@dowellml @CardinalMikeJam Librarians are often faculty too. It might be hard to see us from those upper floors of the ivory tower you occupy.

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@wilkicg It’s getting more difficult to understand why you didn’t become a librarian. You’ve got all the skills!

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

When we look at Auschwitz we see the end of the process. It's important to remember that the Holocaust actually did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed from words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanisation & escalating violence.

[Ekstrom Library @EkstromLibrary]

Nov 16, 10:00am-1:00pm, graduate students can stop by Ekstrom 117A for cookies, coffee, & cat videos. Librarians to talk about research services and will play funny cat videos on the big screen because, hey, you need a break from the grad student grind once in a while.

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Things we've learned about the right lately:

People who run ethics centers have no ethics
Evangelical leaders who thunder about sin don't actually care about morality
Fiscal conservatives don't actually care about deficits
And much, much more 1/

[Rob Detmering @robdetmering]

@ChrisMarsicano I agree with your point, but I think you could find a less condescending way to express it. Hopefully, you're going out and talking to actual high school teachers, rather than overgeneralizing about their work and shaming them for annoying you.