Mission statement

Providing access to information is a fundamentally creative act.

The compass of my professional career is to create more and better access to information I think is important.

I am also devoted to highlighting the creative innovation of information science, and I’ve recently started writing about librarianship as a great imaginative force.

Until I moved to the UK in 2022, much of my thinking and daydreaming took place at the alternative Prelinger Library in San Francisco. I was first a writer in residence and later a regular Saturday host at the Prelinger, which inspires me through its community and vision.

Image description: An interior photo of the Prelinger Library, showing the stacks and the library’s iconic “Free Speech Fear Free” neon sign above the entrance

Providing access to information is a fundamentally creative act

Prelinger Library, San Francisco

Image description: An interior photo of the Prelinger Library, showing the stacks and the library’s iconic “Free Speech Fear Free” neon sign above the entrance