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Does distance learning have to be like this?

Jennifer Macaulay, who really just has to stop writing such insightful pieces or I will never get anything done, wrote a piece on her experiences as a distance learner a…

free the information! Wikis

Help create your wiki’s guidelines!

In light of what I was writing about wikis and participation, I would like to ask for your help. I have been wanting to have some guidelines on the Library…

ALA intellectual freedom

Who your writing represents

I remember when I got my job at Norwich, but before I started, I wondered what the new job would mean for my blog. How would my writing reflect on…

blogging

Charitable reading

My post earlier in the week may just have gotten more comments than anything I've ever written. I believe Steve Lawson called it "a great trainwreck of a comments thread."…

Where did all the comments go?

You know, I was kind of wondering why everything was so quiet today in terms of comments after the post I'd written yesterday. It seemed a bit... odd. Then I…

blogging

Keeping it real

I remember a few months ago, my friend Rochelle wrote a terrific post about the Second Life Library 2.0. She basically wrote about her first-time experiences in the Second Life…

tech trends

Nintendo Wii: Meredith’s Mii

Nintendo Wii: Meredith's Mii Originally uploaded by SirStan. I have a Mii! I have to say, I thought I could wait until the summer or next Fall to buy a…

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Five Weeks to a Social Library Update

I am pleased to announce that, after much deliberation, we have chosen our participants for the Five Weeks to a Social Library course! They are a diverse group -- geographically,…

libraries

It’s not just the OPACs that suck

I have a confession to make: I do not use my local public library. I have been in there twice. The first time I went in to get a library…

Five Things You Didn’t Know About Meredith

I got tagged by both Nicole and David, so I guess it's my turn to share some stuff about me you may not already have known. I'm pretty open on…

libraries

Loyalty, user experience and things that just work

Loyalty, foolish consistency or whatever you wish to call it I am an incredibly loyal person. When I find a product, person or service I like, I will stick with…

libraries MPOW

A day in the life of a distance learning librarian

This morning, I received an e-mail from a librarian who is applying for a position as a distance learning librarian. She asked me what a distance learning librarian does. I…

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Living my 9th grade dream

I went to an arts magnet school for high school (and yes, it was a bit like Fame with people dancing and singing in the halls -- not exactly the…

blogging

Introducing WOMBLINK (sadly, having nothing to do with wombats)

I think I will second Jill Stover's nomination of Ken Varnum for the title of "great guy". In response to some comments on his blog regarding library marketing, Ken created…

tech trends

Casey rocks and everyone knows it!

I just wanted to take a moment out while slogging through my book galley (more on that at a later date) to congratulate my friend Casey Bisson on being awarded…

screencasting

Random and cold medicine-induced thoughts on screencasting

Last summer, I was talking with someone from the planning committee of the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries' Fall Conference. Their theme was "Cool Tools and New Technologies" and I asked her…

RSS and Syndication search

LibWorm: Searching, syndicating and aggregating the bibliblogosphere

A few months ago, David Rothman asked me if there was any tool for searching the biblioblogosphere. At the time, there really wasn't much. I told him about LISFeeds, but…

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Talkin’ wikis in Lansing, MI

I'm out here in Lansing Michigan at The Library Rebooted conference, offered by the Michigan Library Consortium. I just talked about wikis and Jessamyn West is now talking about blogs.…