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CIL2006 Here I come!
Tomorrow (very very early) morning Adam and I are hopping on a plane and heading to DC for Computers in Libraries. This is my first Computers in Libraries, so I'm…
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Congratulations all around!
This has been a crazy few weeks. So many exciting things going on and so many people I want to congratulate. First, I want to congratulate Chris Deweese on the…
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HigherEd BlogCon is on the way!
In just a couple of weeks, HigherEd BlogCon will be starting! It will be going on all month on the HigherEd BlogCon blog and through several Webcasts. I encourage all…
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Michael Golrick tries to do the impossible…
You've got to give the man credit. It can't be easy to try to explain ALA. I've been embarassed to admit that I understand almost nothing about how ALA and…
It’s back! And now it’s official!
ALA 2006 New Orleans Wiki I tried to get out... but they pulled me back in! No, actually I was thrilled to have been contacted by Mary Ghikas, the Senior…
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Buy This Book. Now!
The NextGen Librarian's Survival Guide by Rachel Singer Gordon If you're a nextgen librarian, a new librarian, or someone who now or may one day be supervising nextgen librarians, you…
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On Becoming the Change You Want to See
Other than perhaps being included in a blanket condemnation of "illiterate bloggers," I never would have thought that I'd be so much as acknowledged by an incoming ALA President. Although…
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Martyrdom and ALA
There was some sad ALA-related news this week. Karen Schneider, a passionate supporter of ALA, has had to quit ALA Council as a result of the funding cuts at her…
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What could ALA do?
A little over two months ago I wrote about the issues I have with the ALA. This was in light of Jenny's complaints about the ALA charging her registration for…
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And Michael’s new catch phrase is…
OVERDUE!!!! Overdue got 14.3% of the vote, not exactly a landslide, but good enough. In a tie for second place, with 9.5% of the vote were 2, brilliant, and Techno-groovy.
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VOTE in the election that really matters
Update: I am going to keep this survey open the rest of today (Tuesday) and then will close it when I get up Wednesday morning. I'll announce the results then.…
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Help Michael Stephens find a new catch phrase
For those of you who don't read Tame the Web and have no idea who Michael Stephens is, you may just want to ignore this post. For those who do…
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Me. Talking. At CIL2006.
Ok, well maybe a 15 minute Cybertour isn't such a big deal for seasoned speakers like Michael Stephens or Alane Wilson, but this is going to be my very first…
Good reading
This has been a rockin' week for reading -- I wish I actually had more time to do it. Rachel Singer Gordon wrote an amazing column for Library Journal entitled…
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Well… duh!
I just started a blog at work to communicate with my distance students and faculty. For a long time people kept telling me "we have a really old version of…
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Congratulations Michael!
In a month where lots of people seem to be making major transitions, I am so happy to congratulate Michael Stephens for his appointment to a tenure-track teaching position at…
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CIL 2006 Wiki
I know less than nothing about Washington D.C. and even less about the Computers in Libraries conference. And I bet I'm not the only one. I do know that there…
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So who’s going to Computers in Libraries?
I am!!!! I'm so excited! This will be my first Information Today conference and I can't wait to meet all the people I've only known online and hang out with…
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions
I've been doing a whole lot of thinking lately about helping patrons, marketing our services, and just generally about making libraries better. Something Steven Bell wrote recently got me thinking…
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I’ve been tagged: four things.
Wow! I think this is the first time I've ever been tagged for a meme. You like me! You really like me! Thanks Nicole! ;) Four jobs I’ve had: 1.…
