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Quacking the duck
Rachel Singer Gordon is one of the people I admire most in the profession. She thinks so much about all different aspects of our profession and has written so many…
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Cloudbook: The Update
For the past few weeks, the Cloudbook has been a real disappointment, and it's not like I was asking for much. All I wanted was to be able to access…
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Chutes and ladders
In spite of the fact that I've had one of those all-day sinus headaches, I'm walking on a cloud. Starting April 1, I'm going to be the Head of Instructional…
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They’re moving! They’re shaking!
I was excited to see so many people I know and admire had been recognized this year as Movers and Shakers by Library Journal. Congratulations to everyone, but especially to…
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Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0
First Monday has a great issue covering Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0. The articles look at Web 2.0 phenomena (user-generated content, interactivity, social networking, etc.) from a socio-political-economic perspective and…
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ACRL’s FREE Webcast (for members)
I was thrilled to hear last week about ACRL's decision to start offering some free Webcasts for members. This is something that many people have suggested to ACRL in the…
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Building 21st century librarians AND libraries
There were three recent posts that got me thinking a lot about the growing necessity to have tech-savvy people in public services positions. The first was Dorothea Salo's post about…
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LISjobs Forum Contest
Have you visited the LISjobs Forums lately? Well, now's a good time to do it, as Rachel's running a contest for those who post to one of the forum topics…
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Two Surveys for Librarians
If you don't already have survey fatigue, please consider helping out these librarians (and library school students) with their surveys: Survey about reference transactions [From Danielle Theiss-White] My colleagues and…
