Hi Anne – I accepted that I have too many of some things and that this is my life luxury, which makes it much easier. I had visions of getting down to a couple of bowls and cutlery sets in the kitchen and three tshirts, 2 jeans and two pairs of shoes. THAT would be hard. Instead of sorting through my hand-knitted rainbow beanies I hardly wear,I’ve accepted that they bring me joy and allocated a cane basket. I can’t got OVER that, but with that allocation, I can go to town and have as many as I want. See also: sewing patterns, colourful Doc Martens, merino skivvies (Wiggles would be jealous), bright knitted jumpers and sewing fabric.

The main difference is that the subject of the research I discuss does not originate with me… so in that way it’s more like Extreme Academic librarianship…without having to advise about publication or research assessment metrics or ask people whether they cleared their cache before they tried to access that database.

I think of it as creating the right discussions among the right people at the right table to promote research using data as infrastructure. Sometimes, I think we create spaces that researchers just don’t have time/resources to create, so the discussions and mentoring between them can happen.