Jason Griffey is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, where he works to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise is useful and needed. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, Jason ran his own technology consulting company for libraries, has been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of IT at the University of TN at Chattanooga.
Jason has written extensively on technology and libraries, including multiple books and a series of full-periodical issues on technology topics, most recently AI & Machine Learning in Libraries and Library Spaces and Smart Buildings: Technology, Metrics, and Iterative Design from 2018. His newest book, co-authored with Jeffery Pomerantz, will be published by MIT Press in 2024.
He has spoken internationally on topics such as artificial intelligence & machine learning, the future of technology and libraries, decentralization and the Blockchain, privacy, copyright, and intellectual property. A full list of his publications and presentations can be found on his CV.
He is one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces. He is also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system.
Jason can be stalked obsessively online, and spends his free time with his daughter Eliza, reading, obsessing over gadgets, and preparing for the inevitable zombie uprising.
“….the library card, to me, is the most magical and dangerous power in the United States. Why aren’t librarians treated as the visionaries they often are? They know, as I do, that voices stay with a reader long ater a book is closed…”
How to Name a Hurricane, University of Arizona Press, 2005, page xiii
Please be patient while I attempt to wrestle with my new fancy Ajaxified theme, K2. I’m modifying it heavily (naturally), and it’s gonna take some time to get it all straight.
If anyone notices anything borked, please comment and let me know. Thanks!
A brilliant example of use of the Socratic Method to teach a very complex set of ideas to young children. I’ve said a couple of times during Instruction meetings here at UTC that I really love the Socratic Method, largely because it engenders frustration, and it’s frustration that builds self-motivation for learning. I know that I learn more when I’m frustrated by something not quite working the way I want…I think that students do as well. At least, it’s a possible motivator for them…any motivation is sometimes good motivation. 🙂
Anyone in LibraryLand using the Socratic Method in Library Instruction?
I’ve been invited to speak at a LITA Panel concerning blogging at ALA Annual in New Orleans!
I’ll be talking up the LITAblog and the choices that we made in choosing WordPress and the technical stuff behind our setup. I’m excited…I had thought about submitting a poster session presentation application, but being invited to be a part of a LITA panel is way cooler. 🙂 Thanks for the vote of confidence, LITAgang!
Anyone out there in blogland that will be attending Annual as well? Any UNC-SILSsters out there?
Finally! I was having a hell of a time with my categories, but the 2.01 update seems to have fixed it, and I’m back to being overjoyed with happiness with WordPress. If you upgraded to 2.0, definitely grab this mini-update.
In personal news, I just found out that I was accepted to attend the ACRL Immersion program! Anyone out there in library land going to be there with me???