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free the information! our digital future

Code4Lib Journal Launches!

I am so pleased that The Code4Lib Journal's first issue is out. The projects described are really interesting and what I like most is that they include an explanation of…

open source RSS and Syndication Wikis

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…

free the information! librarianship Work

Sharing the bad stuff, learning from failures

There are some libraries that most of us think must be the best places to work ever because of the innovation that goes on there. And in some cases, we…

career libraries management

How healthy is your organization?

I'm reading a really interesting management book right now called First, Break All the Rules. I'm reading it rather slowly since I'm busy with putting together the material for the…

Contact

Before you contact me, here are a few things to note: 1. I will definitely not write for your publication if it is not open access or freely available online. 2.…

ALA our digital future

Going to Midwinter after all

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on how I was probably not going to ALA Midwinter due to the high cost of travel to attend two meetings. Well,…

instruction reference Work

When are we doing enough?

Since I got to Norwich, my main priority has been to ensure that the distance learners have access to all the information they need to do research through the library.…

about me free the information! librarianship speaking

Casual Conversations

A week from today, I'll be taking part in a new project Tom Peters (of OPAL fame) has put together called Casual Conversations. From what he's told me, it sounds…

about me our digital future

Building Academic Library 2.0 video

I've been offline for a while, so I didn't notice that UC Berkeley put the webcast of my keynote online! WOW! It's available on YouTube, but you can also download…

about me

Asking for help from the hive (on mobile devices)

I often have people asking me questions about mobile devices. They assume that because I'm tech-savvy about social software, I must also have one of those PDA Smart Phones and…

career libraries speaking Wikis writing

Massachusetts School Library Association Conference

I spent last weekend at the Massachusetts School Library Association Conference in Sturbridge, MA. I didn't get to spend much time there because I had to be back at work…

ALA free the information! online education

An alternative funding stream?

Jason Griffey the other day suggested alternatives to the traditional funding streams ALA has, and it got me thinking about how ALA could make money in the online medium. I…

libraries our digital future

Library Software Manifesto

Roy Tennant has posted a Library Software Manifesto which was adapted from a talk he recently gave. It outlines the rights and responsibilities customers have in the relationship between libraries…

speaking Wikis

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…

about me farce

I am NOT the Annoyed Librarian

There's been some speculation in the comments of this blog, her blog, and even at some dinners that I write the Annoyed Librarian . I want to state emphatically that…

Time to quit my day-job

I'm rich! Originally uploaded by librarianmer I always knew my blog would make me the big bucks one day. ;)