Archive for December, 2006

It’s not just the OPACs that suck

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

I have a confession to make: I do not use my local public library. I have been in there twice. The first time I went in to get a library card and browsed around to see if there was something I might want to take out. I discovered that the selection of new books was [...]

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Meredith

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

I got tagged by both Nicole and David, so I guess it’s my turn to share some stuff about me you may not already have known. I’m pretty open on my blog, so there isn’t a lot that I haven’t shared with you that I’d be willing to share in a public space. Here goes:

I [...]

Loyalty, user experience and things that just work

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

Loyalty, foolish consistency or whatever you wish to call it
I am an incredibly loyal person. When I find a product, person or service I like, I will stick with it/them for as long as I can. Although I haven’t lived in Florida for two years, I still get my hair cut by the same woman [...]

A day in the life of a distance learning librarian

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

This morning, I received an e-mail from a librarian who is applying for a position as a distance learning librarian. She asked me what a distance learning librarian does. I would guess that every single person with the title (and some without it who work with online learners) have somewhat different job responsibilities. I’m the [...]

Living my 9th grade dream

Friday, December 8th, 2006

I went to an arts magnet school for high school (and yes, it was a bit like Fame with people dancing and singing in the halls — not exactly the typical high school experience, thank goodness). My “talent” was creative writing. In 9th grade, Frank Cerabino, a columnist for the Palm Beach Post came to [...]

Introducing WOMBLINK (sadly, having nothing to do with wombats)

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

I think I will second Jill Stover’s nomination of Ken Varnum for the title of “great guy”. In response to some comments on his blog regarding library marketing, Ken created WOMBLINK, a way for libraries to easily spread the word about their services (and for bloggers to easily spread the word for them).
From Ken’s blog, [...]

Casey rocks and everyone knows it!

Monday, December 4th, 2006

I just wanted to take a moment out while slogging through my book galley (more on that at a later date) to congratulate my friend Casey Bisson on being awarded the Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration for his development of the WPopac, a groundbreaking catalog with Wordpress as the front end. Casey deserves a ton [...]