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Saying goodbye to 2007
When I look back to the beginning of 2007, I'm really surprised at how much has happened in just one year. At the end of December last year, we were…
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Pew report on Information Searches That Solve Problems
The Pew Internet and American Life project just released a report about how people access information to solve problems. While I've only had the chance to skim it so far,…
Women, career and getting a fair shake
Yes, it's true... I am a woman. I'm also a librarian. In the world of librarianship, I don't think about the fact that I'm a woman any more than I…
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Happy holidays!
I just wanted to wish a very Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate it. To those who don't and are looking for entertainment on a day when it…
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Code4Lib Journal Launches!
I am so pleased that The Code4Lib Journal's first issue is out. The projects described are really interesting and what I like most is that they include an explanation of…
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A personal ad for open source project help
For several years, I have used Feed2JS. It's a great tool that makes it easy to display an RSS feed on any web page and to style the content to…
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Sharing the bad stuff, learning from failures
There are some libraries that most of us think must be the best places to work ever because of the innovation that goes on there. And in some cases, we…
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Want to teach some LIS students about social software?
Starting in January, I'll be teaching an online class on social software at San Jose State University. I am beyond excited about it! I'm really interested in having guest speakers…
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How healthy is your organization?
I'm reading a really interesting management book right now called First, Break All the Rules. I'm reading it rather slowly since I'm busy with putting together the material for the…
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Going to Midwinter after all
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on how I was probably not going to ALA Midwinter due to the high cost of travel to attend two meetings. Well,…
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When are we doing enough?
Since I got to Norwich, my main priority has been to ensure that the distance learners have access to all the information they need to do research through the library.…
Casual Conversations
A week from today, I'll be taking part in a new project Tom Peters (of OPAL fame) has put together called Casual Conversations. From what he's told me, it sounds…
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Building Academic Library 2.0 video
I've been offline for a while, so I didn't notice that UC Berkeley put the webcast of my keynote online! WOW! It's available on YouTube, but you can also download…
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Asking for help from the hive (on mobile devices)
I often have people asking me questions about mobile devices. They assume that because I'm tech-savvy about social software, I must also have one of those PDA Smart Phones and…
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CTO of America
I think I just decided who to vote for (from VentureBeat): The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has given VentureBeat an exclusive look at his technology plan, which…
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An alternative funding stream?
Jason Griffey the other day suggested alternatives to the traditional funding streams ALA has, and it got me thinking about how ALA could make money in the online medium. I…
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Library Software Manifesto
Roy Tennant has posted a Library Software Manifesto which was adapted from a talk he recently gave. It outlines the rights and responsibilities customers have in the relationship between libraries…
Alternative ways to participate (or why I probably won’t be at Midwinter)
I've written some posts critical of ALA in the past and have had a number of people encourage me to get involved so that I can try to make a…
Off to Massachusetts
This weekend I'm driving down to Sturbridge, MA for the Massachusetts School Library Association conference. I'm giving a workshop on wikis... twice. I've never given the same talk twice in…
