Divisions, dogma, and just doing a good job
I have to admit that the Annoyed Librarian is one of my guilty pleasures. I love to laugh and she makes me laugh like crazy, even though she's probably insulted…
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Be the first lab!
I absolutely loved Jill Stover's post about the library as a lab for creative exploration (by the way, if you don't read her blog, subscribe! It's a gem!): This "community…
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Survey of the Biblioblogosphere Update
When I put the survey out, I hoped to get more responses than last time. Two years ago, I got somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 responses. I've been amazed…
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Library school 0.5?
How can a library school teach their students to be user-focused if they model the exact opposite behaviors? Check out the assertive (and admirable) way that Jennifer tried to confront…
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On success and motivation
I read Emily Clasper's post yesterday about overachievers, underachievers and motivation and found that some of what she wrote made me very uncomfortable. I wasn't quite sure how to articulate…
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2007 Survey of the Biblioblogosphere
In August of 2005, I conducted a survey of people in the library and information science profession who blog to get some sense of the demographic characteristics of bibliobloggers. The…
Career advice from the “To Blog” folder
I've found a lot of great career and work-related posts over the past month or so that I've wanted to share with others. Being a librarian requires much more than…
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Good library publicity for all the right reasons
Way to go Gary Price for getting the electronic and non-book resources libraries offer the attention they deserve in the mainstream tech media! "Steal This Book? Don't Bother": Libraries are…
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…
Upcoming Presentations for Fall
I had a nice, sparse, mellow speaking schedule all set for Fall, and then I got a few offers I couldn't refuse, which turned my Fall into another disaster. Add…
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At least I’m not “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
You're A People's History of the United States! by Howard Zinn After years of listening to other peoples' lies, you decided you've had enough. Now you're out to tell it…
No more f2f meetings… EVER!
Whenever I go on Twitter, it seems like Michelle is at a meeting or on her way to another meeting. It's amazing the girl gets anything done with all those…
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Be careful what you wish for…
Remember last week when I posted about wanting to teach a class on social software for library school students? Well, it looks like I may have gotten my wish. More…
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Risk-taking for fraidy cats
Adam and I have gotten into a new show on A&E called Confessions of a Matchmaker, which follows a matchmaker in Buffalo, NY in her attempts to find love for…
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Libraries using Flickr
Over the next week, I need to write my column for September's American Libraries magazine. I've already decided that I want to write something about libraries and Flickr, but I'm…
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Breaking news: Librarians can be hip
About a week ago, I was interviewed by Kara Jesella who was writing a story for the New York Times. She told me she was writing about how librarians are…
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The boundaries of disclosure
I answered an e-mail from a reader of my blog today who asked a question that I think is one of the most difficult to answer: I work for a…
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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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My book is available through Amazon!
My book is available through Amazon! Originally uploaded by librarianmer I'm almost afraid to mention this for fear that I'll jinx it, but it looks like my book is finally…
My Top Technology Trends for 2007
When I was asked to be one of the Top Tech Trend experts, I knew I wasn't going to be able to attend the actual panel session this year, because…