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Library Software Manifesto

Roy Tennant has posted a Library Software Manifesto which was adapted from a talk he recently gave. It outlines the rights and responsibilities customers have in the relationship between libraries…
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Alternative ways to participate (or why I probably won’t be at Midwinter)

I've written some posts critical of ALA in the past and have had a number of people encourage me to get involved so that I can try to make a…
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Posted inlibrarianship our digital future reference social software

Pennvibes

The University of Pennsylvania sure has some pretty impressive library tech folks! First they create PennTags, now they're working on Pennvibes, which, according to this abstract from the DLF conference,…
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Reflections on Internet Librarian and LAUC-B Conferences (or 5 talks at 2 conferences in 1 week)

Today [Note: This part was written Monday] will be my first day back at work after the marathon that was Internet Librarian and the LAUC-B conference. I ended up giving…
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Posted inlibraries reference RSS and Syndication social bookmarking Wikis Work

The long road towards subject guide 2.0

When I finally got control over the library's Web presence last year (a long process better discussed in a post of its own), the first thing I did was take…
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Posted ininstruction libraries MPOW online education

Online learning and its impact on public libraries

I've been wanting to comment on this thought-provoking post by Carleen at Woodsy + Wired (a pretty new blog) for a few weeks now and just haven't had the time.…
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Posted inblogging librarianship

Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results

Pfew! All done publishing the results of the 2007 Survey of the Biblioblosophere! To refresh your memory, here are all of the posts about this year's survey: 2007 Survey of…
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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results from Various Filters

Before I lost my Survey Monkey pro account, I created a bunch of results filters and exported them as PDF files. They allow you to see how a group who…
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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Attitudes and Behaviors

For comparison to the 2005 results (though some questions are new) visit Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Attitudes and Behaviors 23. What is the primary way that you read blog content?ResponsePercentResponseCount I…
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Posted inlibraries speaking Work

Welcoming my friend and colleague to the blogosphere

Since July, I've been sharing an office. I thought I would absolutely hate it, but it turns out that it's been terrific. Sharing an office with the right person can…
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Posted ininstruction librarianship social software

Should we take off those training-wheels?

no more training wheels Originally uploaded by shadycat I've been reading a number of interesting posts on the "training-wheels culture" from Dorothea Salo, Nicole Engard, and Emily Clasper. As I've…
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Favorite blogs – List and Commentary

The Top 10 1. Annoyed Librarian 2. Librarian in Black 3. Information Wants to be Free 4. Librarian.net 5. Tame the Web 6. Free Range Librarian 7. Library Stuff 8.…
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Great stuff before the great trip

In three days, I'll be on a plane, flying to Copenhagen, Denmark. I lived there for almost a year in college and I haven't been back in nine years. I'm…
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Are 1/4 of library bloggers cowards?

If you believe what some people have been saying, maybe so. I didn't want to be on an Annoyed Librarian kick, but she commented on something that had been bothering…
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What makes a blog successful?

"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes." -Walt Whitman Steven Bell wrote a comment on my post about the Top Three…
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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Blog Demographics

You can find comparisons from 2005 at Blog Demographics and Why We Blog. 12. How long have you had your primary blog?ResponsePercentResponseCount Less than 4 months 16.6%  131  4-8 months 14.2%  112  9 months – 1 year 15.3%  121  13…
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Top Three Library-Related Blogs Survey

As an addendum to my Survey of the Biblioblogosphere and in response to the recent discussions about rating and ranking library blogs, I've created a survey where people can name…
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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Demographics

Here are the 2005 results so you can have something to compare it to. 1. What is your gender?ResponsePercentResponseCount Female 66.3%  556  Male 33.5%  281 Other 0.2%  2 answered question  839 skipped question  0  Women are definitely better represented in the blogopshere than…
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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Index of Results

I'm going to start publishing results from the survey in drips and drabs over the next few weeks hopefully, but this page will be the index to the results and…
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Posted inlibrary school social software

When you wish upon a blog

Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote that I really wanted to be an online adjunct instructor at a library school so I could teach social software to LIS…
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