The end of Twitter?
The tl:dr is in whatever online communities you frequent, do you ever ask yourself "who isn't here? Who doesn't feel welcome here? What barriers are there to participation?" If not,…
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We are atomized. We are monetized. We are ephemera. Do we deserve more online?
In March and April, I took about 5 weeks off from social media. I didn't post anything to or look at Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. I'd wondered if I'd feel…
The dangers of the backchannel: my observations from the #ACRL2017 hashtag
When I took my current job at PCC almost three years ago, I gained so many things: work I love, amazing engaged colleagues, a mission I identify with, terrific students, and…
Are online MLIS degree-holders “less than?”
When I graduated from library school, I worried about anti-online-degree bias. I worried that people would think my degree was somehow "less than" because I'd done it fully online. I…
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Free and Cheap Technologies to Supercharge Your Teaching
Just gave a fun whirlwind instructional technology talk and I wanted to provide the slides and links below for the attendees (and anyone else who's interested). Slides: Links: Tools for…
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Good for what? Considering context in building learning objects.
I'm working with a colleague of mine (Amy Hofer of Threshold Concepts fame) to create a suite of tutorials that are going to be integrated into online University Studies (think…
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Library DIY: Unmediated point-of-need support
I recently realized that while I write about a lot of things, I do not often write about the work I'm doing at Portland State and through the Oregon Library…
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Mobile Learning: The Teacher in Your Pocket
There's a great new book out on mobile technologies in libraries and I was fortunate to have been asked to contribute a chapter on mobile learning and mobile instruction in…
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Gender, “thought leaders”, ego, and subversion
Lots of people have been writing about Ask Miss Julie's post Ego, thy name is librarianship. Julie is a talented and humorous writer and a hard-working and innovative children's librarian.…
Up to my neck in… well, everything.
You know you're a real blogger when, no matter how absurdly busy the rest of your life is, the thing you can't do that you miss the most is blogging.…
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Interview on mobile technologies at ALA TechSource Blog
In anticipation of my upcoming two-part workshop on mobile technologies for libraries, Dan Freeman of ALA TechSource interviewed me, asking me about my thoughts on the present and future challenges…
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New Webinar: Delivering Innovative Mobile Services through Your Library
When I wrote my book Social Software in Libraries five years ago, I decided to include a chapter on mobile technologies. As I started researching the topic, I was disappointed…
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Ebooks and Libraries: A Stream of Concerns
I really like eBooks, which is something that surprised me when I won my Kindle last Spring in a raffle. In fact, just about every book I’ve read since then…
Transliteracy from the perspective of an information literacy advocate
A colleague of mine and I have been talking about transliteracy for some time and came to very similar conclusions as David Rothman did in his smart and respectful critique.…
What do they really need?
I'm not sure if I've become more cynical or just more observant, but lately I feel like I've been seeing things through new eyes. We make so many assumptions in…
Inspiring stuff to read, Take 2
I was thinking about writing a post reflecting on recent posts about the myth of the graying of the profession (and the coming librarian shortage) and Peter Brantley's post about…
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Inspiring stuff to read, Take 1
Between work, my son and the class I'm teaching at SJSU (which is about to start), I rarely have time these days to blog. It's certainly not that I'm uninspired…
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A skeptic gets a Kindle
I never in a million years thought I'd get an eBook reader from the current batch of options. They were so not on my radar. I didn't get all excited…
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Shuffling off to Buffalo
For library folks near the Buffalo area, I wanted to let you know that I'll be participating in an all-day conference on "Gadgets and Gear" for the Western New York…
Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 3
I took an absolutely obscene amount of notes from Ken Haycock’s keynote, because it was just one pearl of wisdom after another (I’m only including some choice bits here). I’ve…
