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Interesting facts from the Survey of the Biblioblogosphere 2007

Between my headache issues and a crazy speaking/writing/teaching schedule, it is unlikely that I will be able to publish a comprehensive list of results for the 2007 Survey of the…

blogging

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…

career

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…

blogging

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…

blogging career

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…

libraries

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…

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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…

career speaking

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…

General

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…

career

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…

career librarianship speaking writing

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…

librarianship

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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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…