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Screencasting? Finally something I can get behind!

I think Podcasting is cool, but not for me. I'm a visual learner, so listening to my favorite bloggers takes more mental energy to absorb than reading their blog entries.…

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Sometimes we all need a little reminder…

Sometimes we all need a little reminder why we got into the library field in the first place. When you hear about the lack of a librarian shortage, the low…

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Questioning library terminology

I just found this very interesting website via TangognaT. John Kupersmith, a reference librarian at UC Berkeley has collected usability survey data from various libraries as well as the library…

libraries our digital future

Library websites that don’t suck

Thank you Librarian Avengers for spelling out what most of us say to ourselves day after day as we navigate library websites and library catalogs: most library websites suck. In…

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The art of the interview

I've had many interviews, both in the social work and library fields. Some have gone great and some have been disasters. But the disasters haven't always been mine. I've read…

libraries reference search

Giving the patron what s/he wants

Steph at TechnoBiblio wrote about an interesting observation at a recent panel discussion she attended: The final panelist came forth with a statement that seemed to take the audience by…

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The place of the ALA in Salinas

Michael McGrorty is an ALA Councilor and a man of conscience. He is one of the few people who has made more than a mention about the Salinas libraries and…

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A day in the life…

Curious about what a library web manager does in an average day? Dave King offers us a glimpse into his work at the Kansas City Public Library: Checked email, bloglines,…

blogging libraries our digital future RSS and Syndication

Administrative blogs and wikis

During one of my interviews this week, I asked the interviewers what some of their biggest challenges were at their library. One of the challenges they mentioned was keeping all…

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Philadelphia’s library problems

People have been up in arms about the news that the Philadelphia Free Library system is running 20 of its 49 libraries without professional librarians. I think it's awful too,…

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Libraries in the frozen north

I'm back from Chicago with two more interviews under my belt. It's lovely to see that Illinois really seems to value their libraries -- or at the very least, the…

ALA job search libraries library school

So is there a librarian shortage or isn’t there? Part 2

There are a few bloggers who have spent a lot of time questioning the library shortage due to their own experiences in library school and on the job hunt. Dorothea…

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So is there a librarian shortage or isn’t there? Part 1

From the PLA Blog, I learned that the ALA is planning to launch a recruitment website to attract more future librarians to the profession. I’ve written a whole bunch about…

libraries our digital future RSS and Syndication

Not to throw cold water on it…

David King at Dave's blog asks some valid questions about Sirsi's new RSS offering: But for me, there are some questions I'll need to answer to become completely satisfied with…

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RSS feeds in your catalog

Exciting news from the world of ILS's [as reported by Jenny at The Shifted Librarian]! I've been crawling out of my skin with anticipation, waiting to be able to announce…

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On the hunt…

I will be flying up to freezing Chicago next week for a second interview for a job I am absolutely dying to get. I'd have to be VERY interested in…

libraries our digital future

Testing information literacy

According to the New York Times, ETS has developed a test to measure a college student's level of information literacy in order to determine how well schools are preparing students…

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Encouraging discussions at ALA

While I'm kind of bummed about not making it to ALA Midwinter, I've gotten to hear all about it from the PLA Blog, Library Techtonics, and It's All Good. A…

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User-centered technology implementation

David King wrote two responses to Michael Stephen's 2005 library tech predictions. The first one highlights the importance of user-centered technology planning and implementation. This is something that cannot be…

libraries our digital future

Michael Stephens’ crystal ball

I find myself often linking to Michael's posts on Tame the Web. So much so that I would urge all of my readers to subscribe to his blog (most of…

Screencasting? Finally something I can get behind!

Sometimes we all need a little reminder…

Questioning library terminology

Library websites that don’t suck

The art of the interview

Giving the patron what s/he wants

The place of the ALA in Salinas

A day in the life…

Administrative blogs and wikis

Philadelphia’s library problems

Libraries in the frozen north

So is there a librarian shortage or isn’t there? Part 2

So is there a librarian shortage or isn’t there? Part 1

Not to throw cold water on it…

RSS feeds in your catalog

On the hunt…

Testing information literacy

Encouraging discussions at ALA

User-centered technology implementation

Michael Stephens’ crystal ball

On 20 Years of Blogging at Information Wants to be Free

A review of Information Literacy and Social Media by Santamaría and Pfannenstiel

Community Time and Enoughness: The heart of slow librarianship

Queer Time, Crip Time, and Subverting Temporal Norms