{"id":1961,"date":"2016-11-02T17:12:01","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2017-01-04T14:43:39","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T19:43:39","slug":"updates-since-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/2016\/updates-since-may-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates since May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>New pages:<\/h1>\n<p>I have been writing new things! Just not making them very obvious. Here are the new pages since last May.<\/p>\n<h2>July:<\/h2>\n<p>July found me finishing a whole set of essays about libraries, librarianship, and research. I hope they&#8217;ll explain some of the not-helpful mysteries of how libraries work so you can find awesome resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/learning\/libraries-and-librarians\/\">Libraries and Librarians<\/a> : Overview for people who aren&#8217;t one about what they can do for you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/learning\/what-makes-a-librarian\/\">What makes a librarian<\/a> : Information about librarians, their education, and the profession.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/learning\/getting-less-common-material\/\">Getting less common material<\/a> : How to use interlibrary loan (and what it does), as well as getting access to unusual collections, academic resources if you&#8217;re not an academic, etc.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/learning\/how-academic-publishing-works\/\">How academic publishing works <\/a>: So you can put academic articles in perspective.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/learning\/the-problem-with-just-google-it-and-look-at-wikipedia\/\">The problem with &#8220;Just Google it&#8221; or &#8220;Look at Wikipedia&#8221;<\/a> : an explanation of filter bubbles, varying search techniques, and other things that affect what different people find online.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/learning\/evaluating-an-academic-article\/\">Evaluating an academic article<\/a> :\u00a0What the title says, focused on evaluation for religious use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>After July:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/doing\/deepening-interactions\/\">Deepening a relationship with a deity <\/a>: Ideas for getting to know a deity better.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/doing\/what-are-the-actual-risks\/\">What are the actual risks? <\/a>Drawn from a conversation about the risks of magic and ritual.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/connecting\/getting-the-most-out-of-community-events\/\">Getting the most out of public events<\/a> : Different kinds of Pagan events and how to make the most of them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Ongoing updates:<\/h1>\n<p>I&#8217;m slowly working on some behind the scenes editing to make headers and other formatting more consistent across the site (as part of improving accessibility). I have plans for some design changes later this winter (new graphics, I don&#8217;t expect to be making major layout changes.) I&#8217;ve got about four dozen articles I&#8217;ve got notes for, and am hoping to get a fair number added in the next two or three months too.<\/p>\n<p>Drop me a note via the contact form if there are things you&#8217;d particularly like to see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New pages: I have been writing new things! Just not making them very obvious. Here are the new pages since last May. July: July found me finishing a whole set of essays about libraries, librarianship, and research. I hope they&#8217;ll explain some of the not-helpful mysteries of how libraries work\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/2016\/updates-since-may-2016\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-pages","category-site-updates"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11EQH-vD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2890,"url":"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/2017\/many-updates-and-a-whole-new-look\/","url_meta":{"origin":1961,"position":0},"title":"Many updates and a whole new look","author":"jenett","date":"January 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Between Solstice and Boxing Day, I overhauled the site! 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