Administrative blogs and wikis
During one of my interviews this week, I asked the interviewers what some of their biggest challenges were at their library. One of the challenges they mentioned was keeping all…
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Changing corporate image with open source
In light of IBM's offer to allow use of 500 of their software patents for open source applications, Sun is now freely offering 1600 of its own patents for open…
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Networking basics
We all know what networking is, but as an MLS student or a new librarian with few connections, it is difficult to know where to begin. It can be particularly…
Philadelphia’s library problems
People have been up in arms about the news that the Philadelphia Free Library system is running 20 of its 49 libraries without professional librarians. I think it's awful too,…
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Libraries in the frozen north
I'm back from Chicago with two more interviews under my belt. It's lovely to see that Illinois really seems to value their libraries -- or at the very least, the…
