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A lesson in bad customer service: Pottery Barn Kids
You can view an update to this post (and an update to my update) here. In an economy where there's lots of competition for a smaller and smaller number of…
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Internet Cool Tools for Physicians
My friend, the incredibly awesome David Rothman, has co-authored a book (with another fantastic medical librarian and a physician) on Internet Cool Tools for Physicians. The book is designed to…
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Technology education and the “real world”
I just love that feeling of serendipity when I find that people are thinking about the same things I am at the same time. Karin Dalziel made an impassioned case…
Validation of my crackpot teaching ideas
Last week, my students in the Web 2.0 and Social Networking class I teach (at San Jose State) presented their fantastic proposals (via web conference) for implementing a specific social…
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TRLN Management Academy: Inspiring!
I know people have been bemoaning the death of blogging in recent months. I certainly haven’t helped any with my lack of posting, but it’s certainly not from a lack…
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I’m REALLY not the Annoyed Librarian (nor am I annoyed)
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine commented on the fact that I hadn't written anything about the Annoyed Librarian being paid to blog for Library Journal. That was…
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What’s new at Maintain IT
The Maintain IT project is awesome, so when equally awesome Stephanie Gerding asked me to pass on info about their new offerings, I didn't hesitate: The MaintainIT Project is pleased…
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Satisfaction with free/open source software survey
I know I'm late in posting this, but Brenda Chawner (a long-time expert on library open source software in New Zealand) has developed a survey for her PhD research that…
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Yes, we did
I can't stop smiling. :) Acceptance speech Originally uploaded by ftzdomino Here's to my daughter or son growing up in a world where it won't be an amazing accomplishment for…
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TRLN Management Academy
My last big library-related trip before baby is taking place next week. I'll be jetting off to Chapel Hill, NC for the TRLN Management Academy, a week-long intensive learning experience…
Inmates running the asylum?
At the beginning of the conference I went to in Iceland, the President of Iceland's Library Association discussed how they'd assembled all of these great experts from around the world…
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Fomenting revolt in Iceland
I got back from Iceland this weekend just in time for a storm to knocked our power out at home. It's back on and I'm slowly recovering from the travel,…
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Nominate your favorite mover and/or shaker
Since getting pregnant, I have become a terrible procrastinator (mostly because I seem to forget everything I need to do). So if you're anything like me, you probably haven't yet…
The Abbreviated Fall Speaking Tour
With the pregnancy, I tried to keep my speaking schedule light for Fall. However, all three of the talks I'm giving fall within a two-week period, so it's made me…
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What we (not just Movers and Shakers) need
Update: Just realized that our article is this month's cover story for LJ. WOW! I know some people really want to be named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal.…
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Teaching the “soft skills” in library school
From the library school survey, looking at the list of skills and competencies people think are important for librarians to have , there are a lot of "soft skills" on…
Library school survey results
A few weeks ago, I posted a survey to Survey Monkey to get people's views about their library school education and what they think should be taught in library school…
How I got started blogging
A student in the class I'm teaching for San Jose State University asked me the following the other day: How did people first learn about your blog? Do you have…
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Future of LIS education?
In October, I'm speaking at a conference in Reykjavik, Iceland entitled The Future is here: Are we prepared? New thinking in education for public librarians. (PDF). My talk is entitled…