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…
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Wiki World talk
Just a quick reminder that today I'll be giving an online talk on Wikis at 3 pm ET. It's totally free to attend, so stop by if you're interested in…
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…
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Let’s make libraries better, ok?
Since the fall, I've pretty much been processing my thoughts about Library 2.0 on this blog in real-time. If one is going for ideological consistency, it's probably not the best…
Label 2.0
It's a bird. It's a plane. No! It's Library 2.0! What is Library 2.0? Is it all about technology? It is new? Is it just old? If Library 2.0 were…
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Wiki spam begone!
You have no idea how happy I am to report that my brilliant husband seems to have found the solution to my spam problems. We're tried blacklists and they never…
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CFP: HigherEd BlogCon
As you may know, I'm chairing the Library and Information Resources Track of HigherEd BlogCon, a totally online conference exploring the new technologies being used in higher education. Michelle Boule…
Edward Vielmetti: Superpatron
Yesterday, Edward Vielmetti, a very committed patron at the Ann Arbor District Library e-mailed me about an amazing idea he has for improving the Library Success Wiki (stay tuned for…
The book: progress report
Writing is going well in terms of quantity. I'm nearly halfway done in terms of words written, which I can hardly believe myself. However, given my ineptitude when it comes…
Elf and Privacy Issues
Mary Minnow has written several posts on Library Elf and potential privacy issues. Since my library uses Voyager, I haven't tried Library Elf out yet, but it's supposed to create…
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Folksonomies and a new librarian blogger
Early this week, a new librarian named Ellyssa Kroski wrote me to ask my advice on how to get started on the road to professional writing. I'd say she's already…
Cool things I found this week2
Here are some of the great things I've found this week: Roy Tennant's brilliant What I Wish I Had Known, a reflection on the things he would have been better…
I’m talking about wikis!
Well, I guess that comes as no surprise, but this time I'll actually be talking (as opposed to writing)! I'm so excited to be giving a live online talk about…
Technology Implementation: My Brilliant Failures
I'm never afraid to try something and have it fail. I'd rather learn from a mistake than learn nothing because I was afraid to make a mistake. I don't know…
Cool things I found this week
The unsinkable Rachel Singer Gordon's column about the role Gen-X'ers can play as a bridge between the boomers and the millennials. She's dead-on and this is an article you should…
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HigherEd BlogCon
HigherEd BlogCon is a totally online conference exploring the new technologies being used in higher education. I am thrilled to announce that I am going to be chairing the Library…
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My year in blog
Today is the anniversary of my blog (Adam laughed at me when I used the word "blogiversary"). Part of me can't believe it's already been a year since I first…
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Step right up to carnival #15!
Check out the 15th Carnival of the Infosciences at Ask Nettie Day. This one interests me a great deal because she points to a good number of blogs I wasn't…
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Remember to share and play nice
My mother tells me that I was terrible about sharing when I was a little girl. My toys were MY toys. I would lick cookies so that no one would…
Social software metapost
These days it's completely impossible to keep up with all of the "Web 2.0" apps out there. I read eHub and TechCrunch and it seems like dozens of social software…
