My (gulp) Speaking Schedule
It's funny for me to think back to one year ago when you couldn't have paid me to speak at a conference. Between now and November, I'm going to be…
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Walkin’ in a Wiki Wonderland
You know, I'm really going to end up running out of titles for my wiki posts, but that's a good sign. It is so exciting and gratifying to me to…
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Internet Librarian — Hoorah!
I know everyone has already written about Internet Librarian, but I took two days off for my birthday, which I ended up spending getting mauled by lambs. Yes, you heard…
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On skill sharing
Last November, I went to a meeting of Vermont colleges where we discussed doing more consortial activities. We broke up into groups to discuss different ideas and then reported to…
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Self-Promotion Wiki
After writing my last post, I started thinking that it really would be helpful to have a resource with information on self-promotion for new librarians. So I started one here…
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It’s a wiki wiki wiki wiki world
I don't know what's going on... but I like it. I know, I said a while back that 2005 was going to be the year of the wiki, but I…
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Library Success Wiki: An Update
When I first started Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki in July 2005, I didn't know how people would respond to it. Would they use it? Would they ignore it?…
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CIL Day 2: Information Literacy and Instruction
How Basic is Basic? - Kathleen Stacy She is talking about one-shot reference sessions. It was nice to see her say that it’s better to have the students come to…
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Wikis for Beginners, or NEWSFLASH! I did not suck!
So I did my wiki presentation and apparently I did not suck. :) For those who attended the talk (or any other interested parties) you want to see the slides…
CIL Day 1: Wikis in Action
Note: I’m going to put my own editorializing in italics to keep it separate. Ok, so they said we wouldn't be able to get a signal in the ballrooms, but…
It’s back! And now it’s official!
ALA 2006 New Orleans Wiki I tried to get out... but they pulled me back in! No, actually I was thrilled to have been contacted by Mary Ghikas, the Senior…
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On Becoming the Change You Want to See
Other than perhaps being included in a blanket condemnation of "illiterate bloggers," I never would have thought that I'd be so much as acknowledged by an incoming ALA President. Although…
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Me. Talking. At CIL2006.
Ok, well maybe a 15 minute Cybertour isn't such a big deal for seasoned speakers like Michael Stephens or Alane Wilson, but this is going to be my very first…
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CIL 2006 Wiki
I know less than nothing about Washington D.C. and even less about the Computers in Libraries conference. And I bet I'm not the only one. I do know that there…
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…
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…
