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Saying goodbye to the Library Success Wiki
In July 2005, on the heels of the successful ALA Annual 2005 Wiki, I developed the Library Success Wiki. Here's what I said about it then: "I would like this…
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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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PALINET Leadership Network
Walt Crawford started his work on the PALINET Leadership Network site less than a year ago, but already, he has made it a terrific resource for people in our profession.…
Computers in Libraries (CIL2008) – My Brain is Full
the group - for Connie Originally uploaded by cindiann I had a really wonderful time at Computers in Libraries, as always. While there are always certain talks where the delivery…
We have wiki!
Library Research Guides wiki Originally uploaded by librarianmer A while back, I wrote about the challenges I had in finding the right platform for our subject guides. Well, I'm pleased…
Don’t take what you know for granted
As liaison to all of the distance learning programs at our University, I frequently deal with our Interlibrary Loan Librarian. We can't do traditional book interlibrary loan with our distance…
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A personal ad for open source project help
For several years, I have used Feed2JS. It's a great tool that makes it easy to display an RSS feed on any web page and to style the content to…
Off to Massachusetts
This weekend I'm driving down to Sturbridge, MA for the Massachusetts School Library Association conference. I'm giving a workshop on wikis... twice. I've never given the same talk twice in…
The long road towards subject guide 2.0
When I finally got control over the library's Web presence last year (a long process better discussed in a post of its own), the first thing I did was take…
From the “to blog” folder
When I find a post or article interesting and think I might want to comment on it, it goes into the "to blog" folder. That folder is getting pretty darn…
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Giving and Taking
Oh Meredith, why can't you just write a nice, short, concise post? I really don't know what happens! I start writing and my fingers just seem to take over. This…
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Any readers of my blog from Quebec? (y a-t-il des lecteurs Québécois de mon blog?)
Ok, enough of my very rusty and pathetic French. :) Tomorrow I'll be heading up to beautiful Montreal for the Quebec Library Association Conference. I'll be giving a talk on…
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Let 100 wikis bloom?
In Please, Not Another Wiki Casey Bisson complains about the proliferation of wikis: Perhaps I cringe at any suggestion to create a new wiki because I wonder why that content…
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Medical Wikis?
Update: I received an e-mail from one of the creators of Ask Dr. Wiki stating that they are now requiring folks to prove that they have medical credentials before they…
Five Weeks to a Social Library: Highlights from Week 3
As you all know, I'm a big fan of wikis, such a big fan that I often cannot gauge how other people will respond when they are introduced to wikis.…
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Five Weeks to a Social Library: Highlights from Week 2
Week two of Five Weeks to a Social Library is now over. RSS and del.icio.us really generated a lot of excitement for our participants and many could see the personal…
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Intelligence 2.0
I never thought I'd say this... but I want to go work for the Pentagon! Lewis Shepherd sent me this Computer World article about some of the cool things they…
