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…
I've never understood librarians who are afraid of change. Maybe it's because I'm young, but I doubt it, because I'm probably a bigger fan of routine than the average person.…
I've been feeling very guilty about my lack of posts this week, especially since they will probably become even more sparse during the month of August. My mind is truly…
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…
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…
Library Success wasn't the only wiki to come out last week. We also saw the birth of the LISWiki, which has been criticized by various people in the biblioblogosphere (love…
OCLC Blogger Salon This has been covered by a lot of people, so if you want more details, the posts were all pulled together at the ALA Chicago Wiki. I,…
On Saturday, I went to two sessions that were really a study in contrasts. After the first one, I felt like I'd heard it all before. After the second one,…
Just because I'm young and female does not make me a "princess". Adam and I had just left the Jybe booth, where we'd had an interesting talk with Brian, the…
My day didn't really get started until mid-afternoon, but boy was the latter half of the day fabulous! You know when you're around people who just "get it"? People you…
Whew! We're finally back in Chicago after being out of town for almost the entire month of June. Can't say I missed the traffic (Vermont is really nice that way).…
When the wiki was first created, I put up a page for people who are blogging the conference so that people would know where they could find conference reports. Well,…
Aaron at Walking Paper recently wrote a great post entitled Letting Go. In it, he encouraged librarians to let go of rules that really serve librarians rather than patrons (and…
I just had another really great interview today. I could get used to this (though I could also get used to having a job and being done with these shenanigans)!…
Not that we don't have enough going on at the ALA Conference, but there are going to be two other very cool events happening in Chicago at the same time.…
What I love best about wikis is that their content is not limited to the imagination of just a few people (like most websites are). Anyone can add new sections…
Where I got my MLIS, distance learners had to pay more per credit hour than students who took classes on campus. I understood that the extra fees paid for the…
Let me preface this post with the statement that I didn't become a librarian in order to get rich. The average librarian's salary is more than the average salary for…