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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008A few weeks ago, a friend of mine commented on the fact that I hadn’t written anything about the Annoyed Librarian being paid to blog for Library Journal. That was more a result of my having kidney stones and being in excruciating pain than my not wanting to comment on it. But also, I really [...]
My next big project
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008I often tease my husband about his need to always be involved in a project. He’s always got to be working on something outside of his “day job”, whether it’s cleaning out his storage room (better known as the troll room), digitizing his parents’ slides, digitizing all of our documents, or creating the most awesome [...]
How I got started blogging
Monday, September 8th, 2008A student in the class I’m teaching for San Jose State University asked me the following the other day:
How did people first learn about your blog? Do you have a previous blog post on how it became popular? It would be an interesting read!
It’s a good question and one I thought I’d post here [...]
Collecting blogs in archives
Thursday, June 5th, 2008One of my former students from SJSU had an interesting question for me about archiving student and faculty blogs:
I am in the midst of reading Varsity Letters : Documenting Modern Colleges and Universities and I realized that a major hole in our archives is the documentation of the teaching and learning that is taking place. [...]
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 26 - 31
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008Note: 95% of this was written on a flight from San Juan to Philadelphia, so please excuse any spelling/grammatical errors or anything that just doesn’t make sense. I haven’t had time to really proofread this and I wanted to finish the challenge in a reasonable amount of time.
Day 26: Exploring Other Ways to Comment
Today, [...]
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 19-25
Sunday, May 25th, 2008Day 19: Respond to a Commenter on Your Own Blog
This activity is supposed to be about responding to people who comment on your posts. The person who created the activity writes “if readers have made time to comment on your posts, you should always make sure to respond back (ideally to each reader) in the [...]
What is this thing we have here?
Friday, May 23rd, 2008I’ve been reading and experiencing things lately that have really gotten me thinking about blogging, social media, and why people share so much of themselves online. If you’re looking for deep insights into this or some sort of logical argument, step away from the blog. My own thoughts are rather a jumble.
I often ask [...]
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 15 - 18
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Day 15: Give a Comment Award
I’m supposed to recognize one or a few commenters on my blog today, and for whatever parameters I choose (they write good comments, they comment frequently, they make me think, etc.).
I’m going to recognize a few commenters who really challenge me and make me think. Many of the comments I [...]
What do you wish had been offered at your library school?
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Day 14: Turn Your Blog Over to Your Readers
In this post, I’m supposed to turn my blog over to you by asking you to answer a question. This one is actually something I’ve been thinking about for a while and am curious to hear other people’s answers.
I frequently get asked what courses I wish [...]
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 12 - 13
Sunday, May 18th, 2008Day 12: Make Sure Your Blog Technology is “Comment Friendly”
Last week, I examined the comment-friendliness of my posts. Today, I’m supposed to examine the comment-friendliness of the technologies I employ on my blog. Some blogs certainly do put up a lot of hurdles to people wanting to comment. For some reason, on Blogger blogs, I [...]
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 8-11
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Rather than boring you to death with 31 Comment Challenge posts, I’m trying to condense a bunch of the activities into each post so if you’re bored, you can easily skip these.
Day 8: Comment on a blog outside of your niche
My husband is definitely a car guy. He watches car shows, reads car magazines, [...]
31 Day Comment Challenge: Days 2-7
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008In case you were wondering, I haven’t given up on the comment challenge! I’ve just been rather involved in the comment storm that’s taking place on my blog right now.
I definitely didn’t do all of these activities “by the book” but my goal with this is really to be a better blog citizen and think [...]
31 Day Comment Challenge: Day 1
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008The first activity in the comment challenge is to do a comment self-audit. Here’s mine:
How often do you comment on other blogs during a typical week?
It is so variable. Probably on average I comment on three blogs a week. Sometimes I don’t comment at all, sometimes I comment a lot. Sometimes my comments are [...]
Comment Challenge: 31 Days to Being a Better Blog Citizen
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008One of my favorite blogs is the Bamboo Project Blog by the brilliant Michelle Martin. Michelle writes about social software in the non-profit sector, e-learning, workplace learning and more, so while it’s not a library blog, there’s a whole lot to be learned there. Now, she is coordinating a project called the 31-Day Comment [...]
Computers in Libraries (CIL2008) - My Brain is Full
Thursday, April 10th, 2008the group - for Connie
Originally uploaded by cindiann
I had a really wonderful time at Computers in Libraries, as always. While there are always certain talks where the delivery is disappointing or where you don’t learn anything, I went to a lot of talks that were [...]
I won’t be your April fool
Friday, April 4th, 2008I’m a pretty tolerant person, but there is one thing in this world that bothers me more than anything else: dishonesty. I am extremely trusting and will take what people tell me at face value. When I find that I’m being deceived, it really makes me angry and frustrated. When I suspect that I’m being [...]
Marketing to bloggers
Sunday, February 10th, 2008Word-of-mouth marketing is a very powerful thing. When you can generate buzz for your product among the people who are using it, what they say about it will probably do more good than any traditional marketing campaign. So, it stands to reason that when you have a new online product or service, bloggers can be [...]
Don’t take what you know for granted
Friday, January 4th, 2008As liaison to all of the distance learning programs at our University, I frequently deal with our Interlibrary Loan Librarian. We can’t do traditional book interlibrary loan with our distance learners because the loan times do not allow sufficient time for us to ship the materials to the student and for the student to consult [...]
Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Pfew! All done publishing the results of the 2007 Survey of the Biblioblosophere!
To refresh your memory, here are all of the posts about this year’s survey:
2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Demographics
2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Blog Demographics
2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Attitudes and Behaviors
2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results from Various Filters
Interesting Facts from [...]
2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results from Various Filters
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007Before I lost my Survey Monkey pro account, I created a bunch of results filters and exported them as PDF files. They allow you to see how a group who answered one question a certain way answered all of the questions in the survey. I think they add richness to the results and I’m sure [...]
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