2008 – Information Wants To Be Free

Internet Cool Tools for Physicians

My friend, the incredibly awesome David Rothman, has co-authored a book (with another fantastic medical librarian and a physician) on Internet Cool Tools for Physicians. The book is designed to…

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Technology education and the “real world”

I just love that feeling of serendipity when I find that people are thinking about the same things I am at the same time. Karin Dalziel made an impassioned case…

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TRLN Management Academy: Inspiring!

I know people have been bemoaning the death of blogging in recent months. I certainly haven’t helped any with my lack of posting, but it’s certainly not from a lack…

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I’m REALLY not the Annoyed Librarian (nor am I annoyed)

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine commented on the fact that I hadn't written anything about the Annoyed Librarian being paid to blog for Library Journal. That was…

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What’s new at Maintain IT

The Maintain IT project is awesome, so when equally awesome Stephanie Gerding asked me to pass on info about their new offerings, I didn't hesitate: The MaintainIT Project is pleased…

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Satisfaction with free/open source software survey

I know I'm late in posting this, but Brenda Chawner (a long-time expert on library open source software in New Zealand) has developed a survey for her PhD research that…

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Yes, we did

I can't stop smiling. :) Acceptance speech Originally uploaded by ftzdomino Here's to my daughter or son growing up in a world where it won't be an amazing accomplishment for…

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TRLN Management Academy

My last big library-related trip before baby is taking place next week. I'll be jetting off to Chapel Hill, NC for the TRLN Management Academy, a week-long intensive learning experience…

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Inmates running the asylum?

At the beginning of the conference I went to in Iceland, the President of Iceland's Library Association discussed how they'd assembled all of these great experts from around the world…

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Nominate your favorite mover and/or shaker

Since getting pregnant, I have become a terrible procrastinator (mostly because I seem to forget everything I need to do). So if you're anything like me, you probably haven't yet…

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The Abbreviated Fall Speaking Tour

With the pregnancy, I tried to keep my speaking schedule light for Fall. However, all three of the talks I'm giving fall within a two-week period, so it's made me…

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What we (not just Movers and Shakers) need

Update: Just realized that our article is this month's cover story for LJ. WOW! I know some people really want to be named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal.…

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My next big project

I often tease my husband about his need to always be involved in a project. He's always got to be working on something outside of his "day job", whether it's…

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Teaching the “soft skills” in library school

From the library school survey, looking at the list of skills and competencies people think are important for librarians to have , there are a lot of "soft skills" on…

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Library school survey results

A few weeks ago, I posted a survey to Survey Monkey to get people's views about their library school education and what they think should be taught in library school…

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Future of LIS education?

In October, I'm speaking at a conference in Reykjavik, Iceland entitled The Future is here: Are we prepared? New thinking in education for public librarians. (PDF). My talk is entitled…

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Consistency or effectiveness in instruction and assessment

The part of my still new-ish job that causes my the most worry is assessment. I'd hoped to have time this summer to do some serious research on information literacy…