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Book trumps blogging
My book is due in just over a month. This is a fact that is causing me a fair amount of anxiety. I know I'll get it done in time,…
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On ALA 2.0 Bootcamp and free access to online learning
It's been thrilling to see the growth of online educational opportunities for librarians. From OPAL, to SirsiDynix, to HigherEd BlogCon, to WebJunction, to podcasts, screencasts and countless blogs... there's a…
Posted inlibrarianship our digital future Wikis
Internet Librarian — Hoorah!
I know everyone has already written about Internet Librarian, but I took two days off for my birthday, which I ended up spending getting mauled by lambs. Yes, you heard…
Posted inlibraries our digital future
Facebook at Bennington’s Crossett Library
Since posting about social networking software almost 2 weeks ago, I have been corresponding with Oceana Wilson of the Crossett Library at Bennington College. They are the library that has…
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Request from a friend
Doug Geiger, a reader of Information Wants to be Free whom I've been IM-ing with since last year, IM-ed and asked if I would post this request my blog. While…
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You may not be the person you think you are
We all have a story of our life in our heads that informs who we think we are and what we think we are capable of. This story is based…
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My first podcast
I'm not sure why I didn't mention this earlier (probably out of sheer embarassment - I hate my voice), but I recorded my first podcast last week. Jenny Levine and…
Posted inlibrarianship libraries our digital future
Libraries in Social Networking Software
I've been listening and quietly taking in all of the talk about social networking software and the library's place (if any) in that software. I've raised a few questions on…
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John Iliff (1953-2006) – an inspiration
This morning when I saw Karen's post that John Iliff had passed away, my first thought was "it has to be some other John Iliff." The John Iliff I know…
Posted inour digital future
Casey Bisson speaks! We all should listen.
As I was working on the book and it started getting longer and longer... and longer, it became clear to me that I was going to have to cut some…
Information Literacy Online: If you build it… will they come?
Before I started my job, there were no instructional materials provided to online students on how to use the library resources (there also was no distance learning librarian to create…
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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…
