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Working on the book: lessons learned so far

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

For those who don’t know, I am currently writing a book on libraries and technology. At this point, I can’t even imagine what life would be like if I didn’t spend every weekend doing research and writing. I mean, I do something book-related almost every day, so it’s completely sewn into the fabric of my [...]

HigherEd BlogCon Call for Presenters Closing Jan 31

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

January 31st is the deadline for submissions to HigherEd BlogCon. If you have some great ideas about how to implement social tools in libraries or are doing cool things at your library, please consider submitting a proposal. One myth I’d like to dispell is that only “BIG names” in the library blogosphere or in librarianship [...]

On being vague in the online medium, with no apology

Friday, January 27th, 2006

“There’s something that’s really bothering me that I want to tell you about… but I can’t…” “There’s someone I think is an egotistical jerk. I’m sure you all know who I’m talking about.” “I want to write about a certain blogger who did ____, but I don’t want to stir the pot.” “Certain bloggers have [...]

Making assumptions in the online medium and a mea culpa

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

I got my library science degree through distance learning, which was definitely an interesting experience. It’s fascinating to never meet most of your classmates and yet form definite opinions about them since you connect with them through online chat and asynchronous discussion. What was more interesting was how we viewed our professors. I was in [...]

2.0, the book and podcasting: what I’ve been up to

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

This may be the longest I’ve gone without writing in my blog since I started it. Sorry ’bout that. All the craziness that went on in the comments section of my blog regarding Library 2.0 really made me want to take a break. I didn’t have the mental energy to defend myself or explain myself [...]

Patience and staff buy-in

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

I’m not the most patient person in the world (I can just imagine my husband snickering when he reads this). Ok, I’m really impatient. I have a lot of ideas and I want them all to happen NOW. I can sometimes get discouraged by people’s negative reactions to an idea I have. It’s definitely something [...]

Let’s make libraries better, ok?

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Since the fall, I’ve pretty much been processing my thoughts about Library 2.0 on this blog in real-time. If one is going for ideological consistency, it’s probably not the best way to do things, but it is the most human way. I’ve been learning and reflecting and sharing those reflections with you. Walt’s excellent piece [...]

Label 2.0

Friday, January 6th, 2006

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No! It’s Library 2.0! What is Library 2.0? Is it all about technology? It is new? Is it just old? If Library 2.0 were an animal, what would it be? Does any of it really matter? Why do people like to squish things into these neat little boxes as [...]

CFP: HigherEd BlogCon

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

As you may know, I’m chairing the Library and Information Resources Track of HigherEd BlogCon, a totally online conference exploring the new technologies being used in higher education. Michelle Boule of the University of Houston is my fabulous partner-in-crime on this venture. The Call for Proposals for HigherEd BlogCon has been finalized, so I’m posting [...]

Edward Vielmetti: Superpatron

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

Yesterday, Edward Vielmetti, a very committed patron at the Ann Arbor District Library e-mailed me about an amazing idea he has for improving the Library Success Wiki (stay tuned for more on that — it’s so EXCITING!). When I wrote him back, I called him the “AADL Super Patron,” which is very coincidental, since he [...]

The book: progress report

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

Writing is going well in terms of quantity. I’m nearly halfway done in terms of words written, which I can hardly believe myself. However, given my ineptitude when it comes to citing sources properly, I will definitely have a lot of post-writing work to do. I also haven’t given a thought to what figures and [...]

Folksonomies and a new librarian blogger

Saturday, December 17th, 2005

Early this week, a new librarian named Ellyssa Kroski wrote me to ask my advice on how to get started on the road to professional writing. I’d say she’s already on the right track. Check out her terrific post (though calling it a post really doesn’t do it justice; it’s really more of a “paper”) [...]

Cool things I found this week2

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

Here are some of the great things I’ve found this week: Roy Tennant’s brilliant What I Wish I Had Known, a reflection on the things he would have been better off knowing back when he was finishing up library school. It’s important for people to reflect on their mistakes, both to learn from them and [...]

Technology Implementation: My Brilliant Failures

Sunday, December 4th, 2005

I’m never afraid to try something and have it fail. I’d rather learn from a mistake than learn nothing because I was afraid to make a mistake. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Certainly, in the four months I’ve been at my job, I’ve learned a great deal (in [...]

Cool things I found this week

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

The unsinkable Rachel Singer Gordon’s column about the role Gen-X’ers can play as a bridge between the boomers and the millennials. She’s dead-on and this is an article you should clip out and give to the boomer library administrators you know. Heidi Dolamore’s blog, Quiddle. Her posts about her job interviews should be read by [...]

HigherEd BlogCon

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

HigherEd BlogCon is a totally online conference exploring the new technologies being used in higher education. I am thrilled to announce that I am going to be chairing the Library and Information Resource track for the conference and am excited about getting submissions from librarians who are thinking about the future of social software and [...]

My year in blog

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

Today is the anniversary of my blog (Adam laughed at me when I used the word “blogiversary”). Part of me can’t believe it’s already been a year since I first started this blog. The other part of me can’t believe it’s only been a year for all I’ve written and for all that has changed! [...]

Step right up to carnival #15!

Monday, November 14th, 2005

Check out the 15th Carnival of the Infosciences at Ask Nettie Day. This one interests me a great deal because she points to a good number of blogs I wasn’t previously aware of — very much the goal of the Carnival.

Remember to share and play nice

Friday, November 11th, 2005

My mother tells me that I was terrible about sharing when I was a little girl. My toys were MY toys. I would lick cookies so that no one would ask to have a bite. My dad even has video footage of me at age three grabbing my book away from my best friend Bonnie. [...]

Social software metapost

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005

These days it’s completely impossible to keep up with all of the “Web 2.0″ apps out there. I read eHub and TechCrunch and it seems like dozens of social software apps are released in beta (or even alpha!) each day. Social browsers, collaborative editing tools, RSS aggregators, social search, mashups of other social software apps [...]

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