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It’s not just the OPACs that suck
I have a confession to make: I do not use my local public library. I have been in there twice. The first time I went in to get a library…
Posted inhi
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Meredith
I 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…
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Loyalty, user experience and things that just work
Loyalty, foolish consistency or whatever you wish to call it I am an incredibly loyal person. When I find a product, person or service I like, I will stick with…
A day in the life of a distance learning librarian
This morning, I received an e-mail from a librarian who is applying for a position as a distance learning librarian. She asked me what a distance learning librarian does. I…
Posted inALA free the information!
Living my 9th grade dream
I went to an arts magnet school for high school (and yes, it was a bit like Fame with people dancing and singing in the halls -- not exactly the…
Posted inblogging
Introducing WOMBLINK (sadly, having nothing to do with wombats)
I think I will second Jill Stover's nomination of Ken Varnum for the title of "great guy". In response to some comments on his blog regarding library marketing, Ken created…
Posted intech trends
Casey rocks and everyone knows it!
I just wanted to take a moment out while slogging through my book galley (more on that at a later date) to congratulate my friend Casey Bisson on being awarded…
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Random and cold medicine-induced thoughts on screencasting
Last summer, I was talking with someone from the planning committee of the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries' Fall Conference. Their theme was "Cool Tools and New Technologies" and I asked her…
Application Deadline: Five Weeks to a Social Library
I just wanted to remind folks that December 1 is the deadline for applications to participate in the Five Weeks to a Social Library course. You can find the application…
Posted inRSS and Syndication search
LibWorm: Searching, syndicating and aggregating the bibliblogosphere
A few months ago, David Rothman asked me if there was any tool for searching the biblioblogosphere. At the time, there really wasn't much. I told him about LISFeeds, but…
Talkin’ wikis in Lansing, MI
I'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.…
Posted inALA
ALA through my eyes: One year later
It's been almost a year since I wrote some posts about gripes I had with ALA and suggestions of how the ALA could do better. At the time, I was…
Whatever you do don’t use Google!
After we teach our students how to distinguish between authoritative and unauthoritative resources, we need to actually show them how to find such authoritative resources. While our databases are great,…
Posted infree the information! tech trends
MaintainIT
While at Internet Librarian, I learned about the Maintain IT Project. This three-year Bill and Melinda Gates funded initiative is designed to identify best practices for maintaining public access computers.…
Posted insearch
LISZEN is the path to library blog search nirvana.
This is what we have needed in the biblioblogosphere for a long time. Have you ever been looking for a blog post you read a while back, but you don't…
Posted inreference social software
Selling IM @ Your Library
Last year, I was very nervous about pushing the idea of IM Reference at my library. If anything, I totally over-prepared before even broaching the subject. I actually created a…
Posted ininstruction reference search
Do they care what they’re looking at?
About a week before I left for my vacation, Paul Pival, Ken Varnum and David Rothman had an interesting distributed discussion about how students are perceiving the research literature and…
Posted infree the information! librarianship
Michelle Boule is an emerging leader!
Michelle Boule by Etches-Johnson I want to wish a hearty congratulations to my good friend (and "wing man") Michelle Boule, for being chosen by LITA to represent them in the…
Posted intech trends
Firefox 2 is my new best friend
Can I just tell you how much I love Firefox 2? I'm usually the last person in the world to download an update, but I'd heard such good things about…
Posted inscreencasting
The Joy of Screencasting
Ever since I first started screencasting almost two years ago, I've been really surprised how few people are talking about how cool it is. It can be so hard to…
