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Teaching us enough to be dangerous…
Hey, check out Steve Lawson's terrific presentation on HigherEd BlogCon today: Know Enough to be Dangerous: Tools for Taking Control of HTML and CSS. There is some very good information…
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Blogosphere welcome wagon
For almost a month I've been meaning to write about three great new blogs that came on the scene fairly recently, but the post somehow got lost in the suffle…
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On skill sharing
Last November, I went to a meeting of Vermont colleges where we discussed doing more consortial activities. We broke up into groups to discuss different ideas and then reported to…
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Social software in academic libraries: what’s most important?
In mid-May, I'm giving an hour-long talk at the Vermont Library Association's Annual Conference about using social software in academic libraries. The majority of the population I'll be talking to…
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Self-Promotion Wiki
After writing my last post, I started thinking that it really would be helpful to have a resource with information on self-promotion for new librarians. So I started one here…
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Shameless self-promoter
I have been reading the discussions regarding "movers and shakers" and the "self-promoting elite" with great interest. See these posts (and many comments on the first two) at The Shifted…
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The heart of rock n’ Roll… is in the library
If you haven't taken a look at this terrific library marketing video from LIS students at the University of Pittsburgh, what are you waiting for? These students could teach experienced…
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Gaming in libraries: thoughts and links
I've been seeing and reading so much about gaming and its relevance to libraries that there is no way I could summarize it all on this blog (especially since a…
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It’s a wiki wiki wiki wiki world
I don't know what's going on... but I like it. I know, I said a while back that 2005 was going to be the year of the wiki, but I…
Posted inblogging librarianship our digital future
HigherEd BlogCon and the flu: a winning combination
I have been working since November to make HigherEd BlogCon a success. And whatdayaknow? I get the flu, just as the Library and Information Resources week begins. I have been…
HigherEd BlogCon Library Track: Day 1
I just wanted to let you all know that today is the first day of the Library and Information Resources track of HigherEd BlogCon. We've got a great schedule of…
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What shall we write about?
Dorothea asks TechEssence readers what you'd like us all to write about. We've really got a really diverse range of tech expertise in this bunch, so take advantage of it!…
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New blog from a familiar face!
There's another new blog on the block this week! The Liminal Librarian is written by the inimitable and indomitable Rachel Singer Gordon, one of the best writers in the profession…
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TechEssence.info: 100% technology, 0% hype
I'm a nuts and bolts kinda gal. I like books, articles and conference sessions that give me real, concrete ideas for how I can do good things in my library.…
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HigherEd BlogCon Starts Today!
Be sure to subscribe to the RSS feed for this free online conference about the use of social software and other Web tools in higher education. If you only want…
