Posted inlibrarianship Wikis
Let 100 wikis bloom?
In Please, Not Another Wiki Casey Bisson complains about the proliferation of wikis: Perhaps I cringe at any suggestion to create a new wiki because I wonder why that content…
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Well, I said yes.
Last night, I got an e-mail asking if I'd like to join the LITA Top Technology Trends panel as one of their experts. And it didn't take me more than…
Posted inlibrarianship online education tech trends
If I just had 15 minutes each day
Stephen Abram wrote a column for Information Outlook on Learning 2.0 called 15 Minutes a Day: A Personal Learning Management Strategy. So it got me thinking. If I had 15…
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Congratulations Roy!
My good friend, Roy Tennant, has just accepted a sweet job at OCLC, and he didn't even have to leave Northern CA! I don't quite understand exactly what he'll be…
Posted inlibrarianship social software tech trends
CIL Reflections
I got back home from Computers in Libraries yesterday afternoon. The sky was a beautiful blue (still is) and the weather finally convinced me that it might be possible to…
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Early Impressions at CIL
Meredith Farkas on Social Software Originally uploaded by madinkbeard. I did a lot of blogging at the last two major national conferences I attended. I decided this time, given that…
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Airport delay-enabled mini-posts
My flight's delayed until 2:20 (I've been here since 8:00 am) so I thought I'd blog a few things I've been wanting to mention but just haven't had the time…
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Fun with Elsevier
At my school, we used to subscribe to the Science Direct engineering package for our online engineering students. It worked well, but got very little use since most of the…
Posted inblogging librarianship
We could be heroes
Wow! I'm really shocked that people would name me as a biblioblogger hero, but am even more shocked that Dorothea Salo would actually start a meme (yes, you did it…
Posted inALA librarianship libraries
What about Library Association 2.0?
One thing I have loved about the whole Library 2.0 movement is the push to stamp out the "but we've always done it this way" attitude. I am a strong…
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Krabby Patty
I've got a long list of things I'd like to post about, but I'm just feeling crabby and unable to focus on them right now. I'm not feeling down about…
A model for the future of online learning
Last Spring, while Chairing the library track of HigherEd BlogCon and feeling like it was not an engaging enough online conference model, I had a crazy idea to create a…
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Congrats to the Movers and Shakers of 2007
I'm back from Florida, but am probably about to fall asleep since I got up before 3 am to make my flight. I just consider myself lucky to have gotten…
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Before I leave… help out Rachel Singer Gordon!
I received this e-mail from Rachel the other day. If you are a librarian and consider yourself to be in an alternative career, please do consider helping her out. You…
Five Weeks to a Social Library: Highlights from Week 4
Wow! I can't believe we've just finished Week 4. It's definitely a bittersweet feeling. I can't imagine waking up in a little over a week and not finding new posts…
Posted inBook librarianship social software
Flickr Alternative Book Cover Contest!
Every day, I see something amazing and creative that people have done online with photos, audio or video content. Whether they are creating something totally new or remixing things to…
Posted inALA social software
Rettig for ALA President
Could you ever have imagined a couple of years ago that a candidate for ALA President would have a campaign video on YouTube??? :) This isn't why I personally endorsed…
Posted inlibraries open source our digital future
Lead, follow or get out of the way
I always tease Roy Tennant about how so many geek girls (me included) -- and probably geek boys too -- are totally crushing on him. He doesn't really "get it".…
Making things happen!
I have always been an idea person. I probably get that from my dad who has had dozens of business ideas in the 29 years I've known him. However, before…
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On speaking
I've been meaning to write about Walt's great Cites and Insights piece on conference speaking. If you haven't already read it, do take a look. He combines insights from Rachel…
