Highlights from Week 1 of Five Weeks to a Social Library
The weeks and months before the start of Five Weeks to a Social Library required a significant amount of work, but I don't think I was prepared for how much…
Making things happen!
I have always been an idea person. I probably get that from my dad who has had dozens of business ideas in the 29 years I've known him. However, before…
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I am the luckiest
Honeymoon in Big Sur Originally uploaded by librarianmer. My husband, Adam, never likes taking credit for the things he's done, though he deserves an absolute boatload of it when it…
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Why do you stay?
chickadee Originally uploaded by withrow. To the chickadees, blue jay and brilliant red cardinal I saw in the pine tree just outside my kitchen window as I made breakfast this…
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On speaking
I've been meaning to write about Walt's great Cites and Insights piece on conference speaking. If you haven't already read it, do take a look. He combines insights from Rachel…
CIL 2007 Wiki (like you weren’t expecting it!)
I just wanted to give people a head's up that the wiki for this year's Computers in Libraries conference is up and people are already starting to add content. I've…
Now it can be told!
I'm so happy to finally be able to publicly congratulate Dorothea Salo on her new job as Digital Repository Librarian at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. I knew Dorothea…
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Odeo, I hardly knew you!
One thing I was really excited about with Five Weeks to a Social Library was playing around with Odeo. I'd seen a lot of people using it and it looked…
A new (and needed) blog
On a happy note, a friend of mine has recently started a blog in an area of librarianship that doesn't get enough discussion in the blogosphere: access services. Mary Chimato…
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‘Age’-old hangups
I have received many e-mails in regards to the first article in my tenure as a columnist for American Libraries, "Balancing the Online Life" (wish I could link to it,…
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Does distance learning have to be like this?
Jennifer Macaulay, who really just has to stop writing such insightful pieces or I will never get anything done, wrote a piece on her experiences as a distance learner a…
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Help create your wiki’s guidelines!
In light of what I was writing about wikis and participation, I would like to ask for your help. I have been wanting to have some guidelines on the Library…
Encouraging participation in the wiki world
David King is in the middle of a terrific series on his blog about inviting participation in Web 2.0/social software tools. Here are the ones he's come out with so…
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Who your writing represents
I remember when I got my job at Norwich, but before I started, I wondered what the new job would mean for my blog. How would my writing reflect on…
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Charitable reading
My post earlier in the week may just have gotten more comments than anything I've ever written. I believe Steve Lawson called it "a great trainwreck of a comments thread."…
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Where did all the comments go?
You know, I was kind of wondering why everything was so quiet today in terms of comments after the post I'd written yesterday. It seemed a bit... odd. Then I…
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Keeping it real
I remember a few months ago, my friend Rochelle wrote a terrific post about the Second Life Library 2.0. She basically wrote about her first-time experiences in the Second Life…
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Nintendo Wii: Meredith’s Mii
Nintendo Wii: Meredith's Mii Originally uploaded by SirStan. I have a Mii! I have to say, I thought I could wait until the summer or next Fall to buy a…
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Five Weeks to a Social Library Update
I am pleased to announce that, after much deliberation, we have chosen our participants for the Five Weeks to a Social Library course! They are a diverse group -- geographically,…
