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Help the Louisville Free Public Library!
I know a number of people in the Louisville area, so I've heard all about the horrible weather they've been having this year. But the flooding of the Louisville Free…
Why I participated in Library Day in the Life
Sarah Cohen wonders what motivated people to participate in Library Day in the Life and who we are writing these for. I can't speak for everyone else, but I wanted…
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Day 3 in the life of a head of instructional initiatives
8:00 am – Checked my email. Checked reference email accounts. Answered a few reference questions, forwarded a database error on to our Head of Digital Initiatives and a Norwich history…
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Day 2 in the life of a head of instructional initiatives
With many of my colleagues on vacation and no students around, this isn't the most exciting time to be recording my time at work. I will definitely do something similar…
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Day 1 in the life of a head of instructional initiatives
This is part of the Library Day in the Life meme going on this week. What an awesome idea! I cheated on this a little -- I wrote this up…
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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…
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Back from Chicago!
Adam, Reed and I have been back from Chicago for a few days, but it's taken a while to recover, unpack, and get back into our routine. I'd been worried…
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…
Chicago here I come!
I still don't quite think it's hit me that I'll be leaving in a few days for ALA with my husband and baby. Not only is it Reed's first flight…
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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…
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Answers – and I thought that was our schtick!
As a new mother, I spend a a lot of time awake with Reed when most sensible people are asleep. Consequently, I've seen plenty of infomercials and commercials that are…
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Do you link to Harvard Business Review from EBSCO?
Paul Pival wrote today and yesterday about "mafia tactics by Harvard Business School Publishing", wherein they are trying to charge libraries to link to articles from Harvard Business Review in…
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Do we need library ombudsmen?
I recently had a not-so-fun experience with our local hospital which reminded me of how important it is to ensure one's front-line staff are empowered to question things. During our…
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Didn’t know I needed to be a salesperson
Yes, I knew I'd have to teach people how to use email. And unjam printers. And help people use copiers. But I don't think I ever understood in library school…
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Turn that org chart upside-down!
A while back, I read an excerpt from Aaron Swartz's blog post about management in the post Upside Down Org Chart: Better Way to Support Employees? by Stewart Mader (his…
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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I’ve been provoked!
Steven Bell commented in a recent ACRLog post that there hasn't been much reaction to the Taiga Forum Provocative Statements. I've seen a few reactions online and here's mine --…
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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…
