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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…

ALA

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…

ALA Wikis

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…

job search librarianship

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…

ALA librarianship

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…

ALA librarianship

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.…

blogging

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…

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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…

blogging

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…

library school

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…

Wikis

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…

librarianship libraries

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…

blogging

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.…

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Working on the book: lessons learned so far

For those who don't know, I am currently writing a book on libraries and technology. At this point, I can't even imagine what life would be like if I didn't…

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Marketing @ my library: your input needed

OK, so I'm not a marketing expert by any stretch of the imagination. But I know that we need some serious marketing PR stuff to go on at my library.…

HigherEd BlogCon is on the way!

Michael Golrick tries to do the impossible…

It’s back! And now it’s official!

Buy This Book. Now!

On Becoming the Change You Want to See

Martyrdom and ALA

What could ALA do?

And Michael’s new catch phrase is…

VOTE in the election that really matters

Help Michael Stephens find a new catch phrase

Me. Talking. At CIL2006.

Good reading

Well… duh!

Congratulations Michael!

CIL 2006 Wiki

So who’s going to Computers in Libraries?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

I’ve been tagged: four things.

Working on the book: lessons learned so far

Marketing @ my library: your input needed

Slow management in a fast world

Neoliberal Time and the Promise of Slow Librarianship

Strike time, collective action, and moral conviction in library leadership

When I surrendered to the current