Kimberly Hirsh

A white woman with dark hair and glasses stands in front of a wall with several words in 3d on it. The word 'BOOK' is centered over her head. — Kimberly Hirsh in front of the wall of words at
Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC

Hi there! I'm Kimberly Hirsh. My pronouns are she/ her/hers. I'm somebody's mom. I work as a school librarian. I have a PhD in information and library science. I love to read, play tabletop and video games, and make things. I used to perform in theater and improv comedy and I may one day again. I have been extremely online since 1993 and still enjoy tinkering on the web. I manage multiple chronic illnesses. I'm married to my kid's dad. We have a cat.

Want to get in touch? You can reach me by email.

Recent posts

March 5, 2023

Anne Frank kept a commonplace book.

March 5, 2023

“She didn’t die. She was killed. Because she was a Jewish girl.” Hannah Pick-Goslar, a friend of Anne Frank’s 💔

March 2, 2023

🔖 Read Understanding Blogs by Tracy Durnell.

An excellent exploration of what makes blogging its own medium.

March 2, 2023

I guess I missed World Book Day & International Cat Rescue Day in Europe but it’s still March 2 back home, so happy both of those! As I like to say when beatboxing poorly, BooksAndCatsAndBooksAndCatsAndBooksAndCats. (Because boots are good but books are better.)

March 2, 2023

Haven’t listened to Worlds Beyond Number yet but Erika Ishii in this TechCrunch interview is making me cry so that’s cool:

“When you find people to create with, you gotta grab onto them and just keep doing that for the rest of your lives together.”

March 1, 2023

I’ve got a couple recent co-authored articles:

Description framework of makerspaces: Examining the relationship between spatial arrangement and diverse user populations in Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Makerspaces in Libraries at U.S. Public Colleges and Universities: A Census in portal: Libraries and the Academy.

My excellent co-authors are Dr. Maggie Melo, Dr. Laura March, & researcher Emily Arnsberg.

February 28, 2023

🎮 Playing Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe with my kid. Super fun. Couch co-op Kirby seems to be his gateway to playing instead of just watching. Might do Kirby Star Allies next.

February 28, 2023

Hi friends! It’s time for an Amsterdam Photo Dump! There are 8 photos here so if you’re viewing this on a timeline, be sure to click through to kimberlyhirsh.com to see them.

Here’s what you’re seeing:

A street lamp that has been decorated to look like Nijntje (known as Miffy in English).
The facade of the Royal Palace Amsterdam. (The word for “rabbit” in Dutch is “konijn” and the Dutch name for the Royal Palace is “Koninklijk Paleis,” so I keep trying to come up with a rabbit-palace pun.)
A detail of a relief on the front of Amsterdam Centraal Station featuring the patron deity of our household, Athena.
The clock tower at Amsterdam Centraal Station.
A pedimental sculpture on the National Maritime Museum featuring Neptune, whose image is used heavily in Amsterdam due to the importance of sailing to its history and economy.
and 8. Votive ships made of wax at the National Maritime Museum.
A house near the Vondelpark that I thought looked cool and haunted.

A street lamp that has been decorated to look like Nijntje (known as Miffy in English). The facade of the Royal Palace Amsterdam. A detail of a relief on the front of Amsterdam Centraal Station featuring the patron deity of our household, Athena. The clock tower at Amsterdam Centraal Station. A pedimental sculpture on the National Maritime Museum featuring Neptune, whose image is used heavily in Amsterdam due to the importance of sailing to its history and economy. A votive ship made of wax at the National Maritime Museum. A house near the Vondelpark that I thought looked cool and haunted.