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« Previous EntriesSaying goodbye to 2007
Monday, December 31st, 2007When I look back to the beginning of 2007, I’m really surprised at how much has happened in just one year. At the end of December last year, we were just contacting the students we’d accepted into the Five Weeks to a Social Library course. I don’t think any of us knew how incredibly successful […]
Happy holidays!
Monday, December 24th, 2007I just wanted to wish a very Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate it. To those who don’t and are looking for entertainment on a day when it seems like everything is closed, here are two impossibly adorable and amusing videos I found on Cute Overload:
Ok, I’m easily amused! Before Adam and I […]
Time to quit my day-job
Thursday, November 8th, 2007I’m rich!
Originally uploaded by librarianmer
I always knew my blog would make me the big bucks one day.
Back from Denmark
Sunday, September 30th, 2007I got back from Denmark last night and I’m still pretty exhausted from the whole trip. I don’t even want to contemplate the pile of e-mails I received over the past 8 days. It was a wonderful trip though. So nice to be back in the city after nine long years. I got to see […]
Away, away
Saturday, September 8th, 2007DSC01509
Originally uploaded by FotoSpawn
I’m going to be out of town from tomorrow until next Saturday. I definitely won’t be posting anything during that time. I also probably won’t be checking e-mail, so don’t be offended if your e-mails go unanswered for a bit.
I look […]
Giving and Taking
Thursday, June 28th, 2007Oh Meredith, why can’t you just write a nice, short, concise post?
I really don’t know what happens! I start writing and my fingers just seem to take over. This is what happens when my husband goes away and leaves me alone with my thoughts. Sorry folks!
Something I frequently think about when I go to […]
My book is available through Amazon!
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007My book is available through Amazon!
Originally uploaded by librarianmer
I’m almost afraid to mention this for fear that I’ll jinx it, but it looks like my book is finally available through Amazon.com! It says “In Stock” and everything! Huzzah! Thanks to Rob and the rest of […]
Yes, another update on Social Software in Libraries
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007I’m at the airport right now heading off to the second part of my 2-week vacation. However, I’ve gotten a bunch of panicked e-mails from people who have ordered their books through Amazon and received an e-mail that the book is not available and that their order has been cancelled. I just wanted to say […]
Looking forward and finding balance
Sunday, May 6th, 2007I’m coming to the point in my year when things really start to get crazy. I’ve got in the neighborhood of six or seven talks coming up in the next seven weeks. I have a book chapter on librarians and library services being embedded into online courseware due at the end of this month for […]
Airport delay-enabled mini-posts
Thursday, April 12th, 2007My flight’s delayed until 2:20 (I’ve been here since 8:00 am) so I thought I’d blog a few things I’ve been wanting to mention but just haven’t had the time to write a substantial blog post about:
Sarah Houghton-Jan’s amazing Library Technology Report, Technology Competencies and Training for Libraries. Well, I can only assume it’s great […]
I am such a sheep!
Thursday, April 5th, 2007Doggles and I joined the Mac cult
Originally uploaded by librarianmer.
This week I have joined not one, but two cults. First, I went and bought a MacBook Pro. It was really about time. I have not been able to update Windows on my VAIO since November, […]
Vacation
Saturday, March 10th, 2007It sure ain’t Vermont!
Originally uploaded by librarianmer.
Me. Vacation. Someplace sunny and warm. Be back a week from Sunday!
Five Weeks to a Social Library: Highlights from Week 2
Sunday, February 25th, 2007Week two of Five Weeks to a Social Library is now over. RSS and del.icio.us really generated a lot of excitement for our participants and many could see the personal and professional benefits of using these tools. We have people spending 16 hours per week on the class because they want to play with these […]
Meredith Farkas is made of books!
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007mk1_1024
Originally uploaded by Dave & Bry.
This is so cool! Visit the picture in Flickr and click on All Sizes and you can actually see the individual books! And there are many others too! Thanks Dave!
I am the luckiest
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007Honeymoon in Big Sur
Originally uploaded by librarianmer.
My husband, Adam, never likes taking credit for the things he’s done, though he deserves an absolute boatload of it when it come to my successes over the past couple of years. I’m not a naturally confident person, […]
Why do you stay?
Monday, February 5th, 2007chickadee
Originally uploaded by withrow.
To the chickadees, blue jay and brilliant red cardinal I saw in the pine tree just outside my kitchen window as I made breakfast this morning, thank you. I have no idea why you’d want to be here in Vermont when the […]
Where did all the comments go?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007You know, I was kind of wondering why everything was so quiet today in terms of comments after the post I’d written yesterday. It seemed a bit… odd. Then I look in Akismet and found a whole bunch of comments that it had eaten. I think I’ve restored all of them, but I’m still not […]
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Meredith
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006I 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 […]
Talkin’ wikis in Lansing, MI
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006I’m out here in Lansing Michigan at The Library Rebooted conference, offered by the Michigan Library Consortium. I just talked about wikis and Jessamyn West is now talking about blogs. You can find my presentation here on my Website (PPT).
For those of you who were here at the conference, here are some more wiki-related […]
Dartmouth Conference - Emerging Mobile Technologies for Libraries
Friday, October 27th, 2006by Gabriel Rios, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Mobile devices are another way to get content into the hands of our patrons.
Types of mobile devices - PDAs/Smart Phones, Cell phones, ipods, MP3 players, tablet PCs
PDAs are often required in nursing and medical school programs. More and more doctors are starting to use the Blackberry (used for […]
