GENERAL LIBRARY TALK
- The Small But Important Work
- Don’t Worry, Don’t Fret, And Give it A Go
- The Library Mash Up
- Library Island w/ Matt Finch
- Library Currency Part 2
- Do You Want To Work In A Public Library?
- Simplify Your Library
- Thinking About Our Future
- Three Ideas For Libraries
- Three Things that Small/Rural Libraries Should Be Doing: 2017 Edition
- We’re In The Kindness Business
- Evolution not Extinction; Making the Case for Co-Locating Services in Multi-Use Buildings
- Post Offices in the Library
- An Easy Way For Libraries To Better Understand How Their Library Is Being Used
- When The Circulation Has Gone: Helping Your Community Understand the Worth of the Public Library in the Modern Age
- Here’s How To Talk To Your Community On Social Media
- Workplace Vibes
- Small Town Library Outreach
- Ditching The Hype and Focusing on The Community
- An Idea for Coca Cola On How To Support Public Libraries
- Three Library Things
- Bhujangasana (for libraries)
- Outreach/Community
- Pokémon GO at the Library
- Signs
- More Library Stuff
- I Just Don’t Know If It’s Going To Work Out
- Travels/Growth/Future Stuff
- Open Up Your Eyes
- Breathe
- Think About The Little Things
- Once Upon A Long Ago
- Library Bordom
- Gender
- The Guts
- What Does A Librarian Look Like/Do?
- 3D Printing in Libraries: My Experience
- A Possible Layout for a One Floor Library
- Hire Awesome People, Make Rad Stuff
- Perpetual Beta
- Balance in the Library
- Facilitate Real
- Libraries and the US Postal System
- Elvis in the Library
- Bibliothekartag Library Conference Recap
- Two Ideas for Libraries
- A possible organizational chart for a public library (2012)
- A possible organizational chart for a public library (2011)
- Enriching the library experience: an idea
- Simplifying
- Get In The Community
- Post Offices in the Library?
- Let’s Talk About Study Rooms
- Seven Things Libraries Should Be Doing
- 2010: Things I Learned About Being a Librarian
- How I Became a Librarian
- Air Conditioning in Public Libraries
- Ebooks and Libraries (an idea)
- It started with Sandinista! (and now it’s in the library)
- Let’s Talk About Libraries in 2010
- What I Learned at ALA Midwinter 2010
- The Future of the Library: A Short Response
- Fines, Fines, Everywhere There’s Fines
YOUTH SERVICES
- Take It To The Limit
- Youth Services in Public Libraries circa 2014
- Here’s What a Kids/Tween/Teen Library Looks Like in 2014
- Two Youth Services Things That I Have Been Thinking About (June 2014)
- Thinking about the future of Teen Services (March 2013)
- Things That Happen In A Teen Library
- “If you could rule the world today, what’s the first thing you would do?”
- To The Teens
- Minecraft in the Library
- Fictional Band At The Library?
- Helping Teens Become Adults
- He’s The DJ, I’m The Librarian
- A Conversation with Two Teens
- The Future of the Teen Library
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
- Management Style (Version 3.0)
- Management Style (Version 2.0)
- Management Style (Version 1.0)
- Four Years as a Library Director
- Three Years as a Library Director
- Put A Bookmark In It
- Three Things You May Not Know About Your Manager/Library Director
- What Does a Library Director Do?
- Leadership VS Management
- Library Management Stuff from an Up And Coming Library Manager Type Person
- Leadership and Morale
WELLINGTON CITY LIBRARIES
BENSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
- 2019 Oil Region Alliance Partner of the Year
- Story Time Room Renovation
- Titusville, PA Heritage Connection
- Benson Memorial Library Obituary Index
- Staff Picks
- Women’s Safety Event
- Storytime On A Train
- Benson Memorial Library After Dark
- Food For Fines
- Plant A Garden
- “May 31, 1944,” by Isabella Leitner and illustrated by Gus Leiber
- “Local woman tracks down biological family”
- The Fabric of Our Families: Our journey in Local History & Genealogy Services
- A Neat Local History and Genealogy Story
- Building a Digital Local History Collection Together
- Library Stuff The I Am Proud Of
CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY
- The 2nd Floor PLUS STEM School Chattanooga
- 564 Days (or, the story of THE 2ND FLOOR thus far…)
- The 3 D’s of 3D Printing (Version 2.0)
- The 3 D’s of 3D Printing (Version 1.0)
- The Awesome Bear
- Mozilla Badges
- DEV DEV 2014: at the Chattanooga Public Library DAYS 10-14
- DEV DEV 2014: at the Chattanooga Public Library DAYS 4-9
- DEV DEV 2014: at the Chattanooga Public Library DAY 3
- DEV DEV 2014: at the Chattanooga Public Library DAY 2
- DEV DEV 2014: at the Chattanooga Public Library DAY 1
- End of the 2013-2014 Fiscal Year
- Awesomeness in the Children’s area of THE 2ND FLOOR
- What’s Goin’ On: January 2014
- The 2nd Floor Photo Booth
- The 2nd Floor Commercial
- Work Spaces
- DEV DEV: The Official Movie
- DEV DEV: The Other Movie
- Buttons, Buttons Everywhere
- Strange Magic
PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
- Fin
- Community, Libraries, Ukuleles, and Love
- Michael Whittaker
- #teenlibrarymakestuff program
- Make Music at the Library 2012
- Year in Review 2010
- Teen Soccer Club
- Playing With Digital Signs in the Library
- Making Art With Teens Parts 1–2–3–4
- Making Art With Teens THE GALLERY
- Making Art With Teens THANK YOU
- Teen Midnight Madness
- Make Music at the Library Parts 1–2–3–4
- Game On! Envisioning Your Own Video Game Parts 1–2–3
- What’s Goin’ On (2010 Update)
CAPE MAY COUNTY LIBRARY
- What I Learned at the Cape May County Library Part 1 and Part 2
- Teen Writers Workshop
RELEVANT AT ANY SIZE
A NEW CAREER IN A NEW TOWN
- Helpful Tools And Thoughts
- Close The Curtain
- The Rejection Letter
- The Emotional Roller Coaster of a Job Seeker
- Communication Between Employers and Job Seekers
- Librarians on the Move
TALES FROM THE LIBRARY TRENCHES
COVID-19 AND LIBRARIES
- Reopening Libraries in New Zealand: Slow and Steady Wins The Race Part 1
- Reopening Libraries in New Zealand: Slow and Steady Wins The Race Part 2
- Creativity in Public Libraries During Covid-19
- Your Facebook Page is Your New Public Library Branch: Using Facebook During Covid-19
REFLECTION
- Biting My Nails
- Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber
- Three Months
- 12 Days Away
- We Are Not Our Jobs
- The Public Library Journey So Far
- Power Trips
- Emotional Manipulation
- Nothing Is Ever Good Enough For The Energy Vampires
- Janet From The Good Place
- You Try Something And Then You Learn From It
- Lean Into It
- Justin Hoenke is a Human Being
- Mind-Body
- Routine and Order
- Change The World With Positivity
- Four Things That We Can Do To Change The World Together
- Where Are We Now?
- The Goal
- A Series of Surprises
- Goodbye Muted World: Seven Years Ago
- Goodbye Muted World (Hello Once Again, World Full of Feelings and Things)
- The Platform
- Your Title Is Meaningless
- The Doom and The Gloom
- The Things That Hold Us Back
- I Stay Under Glass
- I Care/I Don’t Care
- Food Stamps, the Feeling of Failure, Student Loans, and Life as a Library
- These Silly Things That We’ve Invented
- We Are Everything and then We Will Die and then We Will Become Everything
- Social Media, 2016
- Destroy Your Idols
- Six Months In A Leaky Boat
- Slow Down
- I Eye
- Work Environments, Happiness, and Human Beings
- Hi There
- Blah Blah Blah
- Shifting
- Chickens In Chattanooga
- Middle
- Our Third Place
- Halfway There (?)
- What Is And What Never Should Be
- Transformation And Growth
- Everything Will Be Alright In The End
- Big Stars
- Aiming For Balance
- Less Is More
- Are We Who We Say We Are?
- Monday trips to the Mall with my Mum and my Brother
- What I Learned from My Father
- The Ups and Downs
- Weeding My Life
- Social Media Vacation
- Those Horrible Twenties
MUSIC
- Heroes and Villains Forever
- England is a Garden by Cornershop: Review
- One of the Best Albums You Missed: “La Musica Negra” by Verbena
- Review: “The Black Album” by Weezer
- Review: “The Teal Album” by Weezer
- Ten Thoughts on “The Teal Album” by Weezer
- Weezer and The Black Album Era
- The Weezer/Rivers Cuomo Song Ranking of 2017
- The Weezer/Rivers Cuomo Song Ranking of 2016
- The Weezer/Rivers Cuomo Song Ranking of Summer 2016
- 200 Albums That I Really Enjoy
- Review: “The White Album” by Weezer
- Review: “Natural” by The Special Goodness
- Review: “Wasting Light” by Foo Fighters
- Music can make you feel good, music can make you feel bad, and the rest is bullshit
- Weezer’s moment of redemption: The Album 5 demos
- Review: “Hurley” by Weezer
- “Reditude” by Weezer
- Rethinking Weezer’s “The Red Album”
- Review: “Horehound” by The Dead Weather
- Review: “Raditude” by Weezer
THE BEACH BOYS AND LIBRARIES
VIDEO GAMES
- Nintendo Switch: A Guide For Public Libraries
- Nintendo Labo Can Help Libraries Join the Maker Movement
- A List of 50 Fantastic Video Games (Part 2)
- Retro Gaming Gives Libraries a Boost
- Review: Hey! Pikmin
- Hey Nintendo. Here’s a really good idea
- Review: Animal Crossing New Leaf Welcome Amiibo
- A List of 50 Fantastic Video Games (Part 1)
- Calm, cool, connected: Study suggests an hour of video games a day makes kids better-adjusted
- Review: Wii U
- Review: Sonic Colors
- Review: Contra
THREE THINGS
- 2020.3
- 2020.2
- 2020.1
- 2018.4
- 2017.5
- 2017.4
- 2017.3
- 2017.2
- 2017.1
- 2016.11
- 2016.9
- 2016.8
- 2016.7
- 2016.6
- 2016.5
- 2016.4
- 2016.3
- 2016.2
- 2016.1
- 2015.1
- 2013.2
- 2013.1
Justin The Librarian 