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When you wish upon a blog

By Meredith Farkas | August 25, 2007

Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote that I really wanted to be an online adjunct instructor at a library school so I could teach social software to LIS students? And how I’d broached the idea with the Dean at FSU? Well… funny thing about that. The next morning I got an e-mail from Linda Main, the Associate Director of the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University asking if I’d like to replicate Five Weeks to a Social Library as a regular for-credit class for the MLIS students at SJSU in Spring 2008. To say that was unexpected would be the understatement of the year!

Thanks to Laurie Putnam for e-mailing Linda that very day and putting a bug in her ear about me. Success in this field is all about having champions who believe in you. In the blogosphere, sometimes it’s not who you know, but who knows you, that makes all the difference. No one can tell me that blogging can’t be good for your career! :)

I couldn’t be more excited about teaching online for SJSU this Spring and I’m looking forward to developing the class this Fall.

In spite of the stress and the headaches and the having no time, I am keenly aware of how lucky I am to have these opportunities to do what I love.

Topics: library school, social software | 14 Comments »

14 Responses to “When you wish upon a blog”

  1. David Rothman Says:
    August 25th, 2007 at 2:13 pm

    Cool! Congrats, Meredith!

  2. Mark Says:
    August 25th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    Congrats, Meredith!

  3. Jessica Says:
    August 25th, 2007 at 4:03 pm

    That’s such great news! I’m a student in the SJSU SLIS program (unfortunately I hope to graduate this Spring, so no class for me) and I’m also taking your Infopeople Web 2.0 online course. So I just wanted to say how exciting this is and congratulations.

  4. Steve Campion Says:
    August 25th, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Terrific news, Meredith!

  5. Fern Chasida Says:
    August 26th, 2007 at 12:28 am

    Congrats! I’m in the MLIS program at SJSU so maybe I’ll see you next semester!

  6. Lisa Says:
    August 26th, 2007 at 10:48 pm

    Way to go! Quick question: I read an old blog post of yours where you recommended Captivate over Camtasia for creating information literacy tutorials. Would you still make that recommendation?

  7. joshua m. neff Says:
    August 27th, 2007 at 6:43 am

    How very cool! Way to go, Teach!

  8. Meredith Farkas Says:
    August 27th, 2007 at 7:40 am

    Thanks y’all! :)

  9. Meredith Farkas Says:
    August 27th, 2007 at 7:41 am

    Hi Lisa, well, that review was from a long time ago and doesn’t reflect current versions of either software. I still use Captivate, but I haven’t tried Camtasia in a long time. It seems that people who use Captivate vs. Camtasia in libraries are split 50-50, so you probably can’t go too wrong with either. Probably your best bet is to get a free trial of each and figure out what works best for you.

  10. Dani Vaughn-Tucker Says:
    August 27th, 2007 at 3:55 pm

    Meredith, Congratulations. I am really excited for you. It’s fun to see someone you know (even virtually) have their wish come true.

  11. Max Says:
    August 28th, 2007 at 2:35 pm

    Congrats Meredith – changin’ the library school curriculum one person at a time – way to go!

  12. Michelle Says:
    August 29th, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    Hooray! You will be fabulous.

  13. Anne Says:
    August 30th, 2007 at 10:41 am

    Excellent and well-deserved news. Can’t wait to read all about it come the day!

  14. Connie Crosby Says:
    September 4th, 2007 at 9:43 pm

    Congratulations, Meredith! That was pretty smart of them. ;-)