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…
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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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The Social Divide
I think it's fantastic that companies are using social media to promote their brands and communicate more directly with their customers. It's wild when I write about my favorite wine…
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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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Old media really doesn’t “get” new media
Last semester, one of my students linked to this great conversation between Teresa Nielsen Hayden (community manager for Boing Boing) and John Scalzi about community-building through comments and moderation. It's…
Rethinking online learning
This was another amazing semester teaching at San Jose State University. I had significantly more students in my class this semester than in the past (more than double), which at…
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Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 2
Day 2 was just as full and wonderful as Day 1. I continued my mostly staying offline during the conference and I think it really helped me to keep focused…
Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 1
Since it had been two years since I’d been to an Information Today Conference, I was really excited to attend Computers in Libraries and it did not disappoint. It was…
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Coming to terms with Twitter
I've been teaching a class on Web 2.0 since 2007, and this semester is the first time that I've actually had a full week on Twitter (well, microblogging and lifestreaming…
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Teaching Web 2.0 with Web 2.0
After a year off from teaching to take care of baby Reed, I'm getting back up on the horse. I'll be teaching a class on Web 2.0 and Social Networking…
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Community-generated children’s book for charity
For the holidays, I bought Reed an awesome personalized book. While I still have the personalized book my dad made me when I was 3, I must admit that the…
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Edublog Award Nominations
In this post I'm just registering my nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards. My Nominations for The 2009 Edublog Awards are: Best New Blog - In the Library with the…
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This is not my blogosphere
One of the things I always loved most about social media was the transparency it created. If a product, service, hotel, etc. was terrible, you could be sure that you'd…
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Roles and responsibilities for 2.0 technologies
I get asked a lot of things via email from librarians, but very few actually make it to this blog. This question was so interesting and probably better answered by…
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W(h)ither blogging and the library blogosphere?
I remember the first OCLC Blog Salon at ALA very fondly. It was like fangirl overload for me. I have to laugh now when I remember that I begged Michael…
Great new books on my “to read” list
I must admit that the last time I read a non-baby-related book was probably last Fall. And now all these great books are coming out from the LIS presses that…
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2.0 or and bust
Since before my brain was hijacked by baby stuff, I've been thinking a lot about how many third party Web 2.0 vendors libraries are dependent upon (not to mention all…
Looking beyond the technolust
Let me preface this post with the statement that I hate the term Luddite. I think it's often used to dismiss people and ideas that differ from our own. It's…
LIS Publications Wiki
Now this is a great project to come from an LIS class! LIS Publications Wiki Welcome to the Library and Information Science (LIS) Publications wiki. This wiki gathers information about…
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A sight I haven’t seen in years
I've been trying to clean up my email, aggregator and life to some extent before the baby arrives, and it's kind of pathetic how liberated I feel looking at this…
