New communities, physical and virtual
For background, this post was inspired by Laura's (of lis.dom) excellent post on the uses of the biblioblogosphere, which was in response to posts by Mark Linder, Angel, and Joy…
Tick marks or high tech?
I have a problem remembering to keep track of my reference transactions on the little clipboard we keep at the reference desk. My office is three floors above where the…
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Thanks a lot Wilma
So I left Florida to get away from the hurricanes... ... but Hurricane Wilma was nice enough to make a little visit to Vermont. We got about 16 inches of…
Posted inGeneral social bookmarking
Social Bookmarking survey
This morning, I had an email from Djoeke van de Klomp, the Community Manager of blinklist.com (which I hadn't used prior to this, but it looks pretty cool!). She is…
How to slack in peace
For those of you in the Northeast who have been dealing with almost 2 weeks of continuous rain, here's something that definitely brightened my day and made me laugh my…
Posted inMPOW reference screencasting tech trends Wikis
Public speaking and wiki-evangelizing
I am not one of those people -- like Steven Cohen or Jessamyn -- who is very comfortable giving talks. No matter how well I know the material, I still…
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Screencasting social software
Brian Lamb, one of my favorite Ed-Tech people and wiki-evangelists, has created a terrific screencast about blogs and their use in education (note: it's a big file and you must…
When is a wiki not a wiki?
Or does using a specific type of software necessarily define the product? I was as excited as everyone else when I heard that the WorldCat wiki was live in Open…
Posted inlibrarianship Wikis
New-ish wiki on the block!
Well, it's new to me at least! It's always exciting for me to see librarians using wikis to share information. The fabulous folks at Librarians with class pointed out the…
Posted inMPOW our digital future tech trends
WebCT and Blackboard are merging!
The big buzz on my campus (and probably many others) is that Blackboard is buying WebCT. Here's a snippet from a very long press release at PRNewswire: The merger of…
Posted intech trends
Foliage podcasts!
It's rare that I can sneakVermont into a discussion about technology, but today I have the perfect excuse! In today's Barre Montpelier Times Argus (originally in the New York Times)…
Posted inlibrarianship libraries MPOW
Librarians in Academia: Faculty or Support Staff?
There's been a lot of talk about the place of librarians in academia. It's something I thought about a great deal in the during the job search as I applied…
Posted inlibrarianship libraries Wikis
Library Success Wiki in SLJ!
Wow, this is some month for me! Library Journal and School Library Journal! This month, the Library Success Wiki is featuerd as SLJ's Website of the Month. It's a terrific,…
Posted inlibraries MPOW tech trends
Leaving the paper calendar world?
I got our Virtual Private Server all set up at work so now I can get to the business of actually putting up webby things. I'd really love to create…
Posted inMPOW
MPOW: two month progress report
I'm nearly two months into my job as a Distance Learning Librarian. When I think back to what my dream job was in library school, I am shocked by how…
Posted inour digital future tech trends
What in the world is Web 2.0?
This is not a term I am particularly fond of simply for the fact that no two people seem to define it in the same way. Also, call me a…
Posted inblogging job search librarianship
Why blog?
I used to blog a lot more than I do now. I was unemployed and had a lot of free time. Now that I have a job and a house…
Posted inlibrarianship libraries
Do you know any movers or shakers?
I certainly know a few. It's time to nominate the librarians who inspire you, who create change, and/or who do great things at their library. Check out what Marylaine Block…
Posted inblogging librarianship
Bloggers in LJ
I was excited to see that the Bloggers Roundtable I did with several other fabulous librarian bloggers finally made its way into Library Journal. It's a great article, but part…
