Eleanor is a tertiary Librarian living, working, and learning in Melbourne/Naarm. They are interested in researcher development, integrating library services in the research lifecycle, the role of cross-boundary professionals in tertiary institutions, and library advocacy.
Key Topics
- What would happen if librarians disappeared? Eleanor’s thoughts on library advocacy
- How Eleanor works across boundaries to create supportive conversations in the highly siloed world of academia
- How over-administration and the paradigms of funding and performance measurement often discourage curiosity in academia and impact people in the profession
- How Eleanor uses care and criticism to navigate a love-hate relationship with their profession
Detours and Tangents
- How critical cataloguing tries to undo the harms caused by the Dewey Decimal system
- Eleanor’s love of film and their role as artistic director for Czech and Slovak Film Festival Australia (CASFFA)
- Why Eleanor doesn’t engage with the concept of ‘heroes’ and why you don’t always have to know your mentors
Episode Summary
Visit the Grokkist podcast hub for a full digest of this episode including highlights and links to stuff we discussed: https://grokk.ist/stillcuriouspodcast/s1e3-eleanor-colla/
Recorded 27 September 2021
Website: grokk.ist/stillcuriouspodcast | Email: podcast@grokk.ist | Socials: @grokkist
Music: Kleptotonic Swing by Tri-Tachyon
