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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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The 21st Century Librarian: Further Thoughts and Your Comments

I'm on vacation in Florida this week and have happily been away for the computer for long periods of time, so I was very surprised to find all of the…

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Skills for the 21st Century Librarian

A few weeks ago, I finished a chapter I was writing (not for my book -- another one) on the topic of technology in LIS Education. I think Rachel asked…

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Promoting your grads: what all library schools should be doing

When I graduated from FSU with my MLIS, I didn't come out of it with job searching tips, an alumni network or really any help of any kind in finding…

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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…

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Letters to a not-so-young wanna-be Librarian

Ok, Rilke's title sounded a lot better. I got an email this morning from a gentleman from New York City who is in his early 40's. He recently started library…

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Website redesign at MPOW: What I’m Learning

I am in charge of our website redesign at my job, and I've been putting my graduate coursework in Web Usability to work over the past few weeks. This week,…

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Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results

I just finished writing up all of the results of the Survey of the Biblioblogosphere. The results have been broken down into four parts. Since I posted them in the…

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Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Why we blog

I received 116 responses to the open ended question "why do you blog?" Instead of presenting every answer to you, I went through and categorized them by the different goals…

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Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Attitudes and Behaviors

16. How many blogs are you subscribed to (or if you don't subscribe, how many do you read regularly)? Less than 15.... 21 (12.8%) 16 to 40.... 36 (22%) 41…

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Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Blog Demographics

Here are the questions relating to people's blog(s) and their blogging history: 11. How long have you had your current blog? Less than 4 months.... 20 (12.3%) 4 to 8…

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Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Demographics

Since there were 19 questions in the survey, one essay question, and many questions that allowed "write-in's", I figured I'd break the results up into a few blog posts. Here…

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Lots of firsts

Vermont is so beautiful I can hardly believe I'm allowed to live here! Even though I started work today, I still feel like I'm on vacation, and I'll probably feel…

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The “kept-up” distance learning librarian

I have gotten several emails from library students who feel that their programs are not teaching them enough about technology. The student I heard from a few days ago expressed…

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Research-phobia

Joy at Wanderings of a Student Librarian wrote a great post on what's wrong with so many Research Methods classes. Research Methods classes often seem to be taught because they're…

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A librarian is born!

I just want to wish a hearty congratulations to Dorothea Salo who just received her MLS today. So glad you made it through! Ever since I started reading her blog,…

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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…

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Serving two masters at the ALA

Dorothea has written a very interesting post comparing the ALA to the guild system in the Medieval world. She makes some great suggestions and observations about the ALA's mission and…

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Are we mainstream or invisible?

I know blogging is getting bigger. Blogs seem to have been featured in every magazine and newspaper lately. Everyone keeps saying 2004 was the "year of the blog" yadda, yadda.…

Does distance learning have to be like this?

The 21st Century Librarian: Further Thoughts and Your Comments

Skills for the 21st Century Librarian

Promoting your grads: what all library schools should be doing

Congratulations Michael!

Letters to a not-so-young wanna-be Librarian

Website redesign at MPOW: What I’m Learning

Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results

Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Why we blog

Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Attitudes and Behaviors

Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Blog Demographics

Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Demographics

Lots of firsts

Research-phobia

A librarian is born!

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

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

Serving two masters at the ALA

Are we mainstream or invisible?

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