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CIL: Impressions
I feel like I've been run over by a train. In addition to being completely exhausted by the conference and waking up with a migraine, I seem to have come…
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CIL Day 2: Two Views on Educating Librarians
Presenters: Jeanne Holba Puacz (University of Illinois) and Lynn Westbrook (University of Texas) So I’m not sure I understood what this session was going to be about. I thought it…
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Congratulations all around!
This has been a crazy few weeks. So many exciting things going on and so many people I want to congratulate. First, I want to congratulate Chris Deweese on the…
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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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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…
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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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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…
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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…
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.…
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HigherEd BlogCon Call for Presenters Closing Jan 31
January 31st is the deadline for submissions to HigherEd BlogCon. If you have some great ideas about how to implement social tools in libraries or are doing cool things at…
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2.0, the book and podcasting: what I’ve been up to
This may be the longest I've gone without writing in my blog since I started it. Sorry 'bout that. All the craziness that went on in the comments section of…
Wiki world presentation
I think the presentation went really well yesterday! A crazy number of people showed up -- 120 at one point. So of course with that many people, the co-browsing didn't…
Patience and staff buy-in
I'm not the most patient person in the world (I can just imagine my husband snickering when he reads this). Ok, I'm really impatient. I have a lot of ideas…
