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Help Michael Stephens find a new catch phrase
For those of you who don't read Tame the Web and have no idea who Michael Stephens is, you may just want to ignore this post. For those who do…
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Me. Talking. At CIL2006.
Ok, well maybe a 15 minute Cybertour isn't such a big deal for seasoned speakers like Michael Stephens or Alane Wilson, but this is going to be my very first…
Good reading
This has been a rockin' week for reading -- I wish I actually had more time to do it. Rachel Singer Gordon wrote an amazing column for Library Journal entitled…
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Well… duh!
I just started a blog at work to communicate with my distance students and faculty. For a long time people kept telling me "we have a really old version of…
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Congratulations Michael!
In a month where lots of people seem to be making major transitions, I am so happy to congratulate Michael Stephens for his appointment to a tenure-track teaching position at…
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CIL 2006 Wiki
I know less than nothing about Washington D.C. and even less about the Computers in Libraries conference. And I bet I'm not the only one. I do know that there…
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So who’s going to Computers in Libraries?
I am!!!! I'm so excited! This will be my first Information Today conference and I can't wait to meet all the people I've only known online and hang out with…
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions
I've been doing a whole lot of thinking lately about helping patrons, marketing our services, and just generally about making libraries better. Something Steven Bell wrote recently got me thinking…
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I’ve been tagged: four things.
Wow! I think this is the first time I've ever been tagged for a meme. You like me! You really like me! Thanks Nicole! ;) Four jobs I’ve had: 1.…
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Working on the book: lessons learned so far
For those who don't know, I am currently writing a book on libraries and technology. At this point, I can't even imagine what life would be like if I didn't…
Marketing @ my library: your input needed
OK, so I'm not a marketing expert by any stretch of the imagination. But I know that we need some serious marketing PR stuff to go on at my library.…
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An important lesson for tech trainers
I know Michael Stephens and Jessamyn are good at teaching people about technology, but I really think they could learn a thing or two from StrongBad of the hilarious Internet…
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HigherEd BlogCon Call for Presenters Closing Jan 31
January 31st is the deadline for submissions to HigherEd BlogCon. If you have some great ideas about how to implement social tools in libraries or are doing cool things at…
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On being vague in the online medium, with no apology
"There's something that's really bothering me that I want to tell you about... but I can't..." "There's someone I think is an egotistical jerk. I'm sure you all know who…
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Making assumptions in the online medium and a mea culpa
I got my library science degree through distance learning, which was definitely an interesting experience. It's fascinating to never meet most of your classmates and yet form definite opinions about…
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2.0, the book and podcasting: what I’ve been up to
This may be the longest I've gone without writing in my blog since I started it. Sorry 'bout that. All the craziness that went on in the comments section of…
Wiki world presentation
I think the presentation went really well yesterday! A crazy number of people showed up -- 120 at one point. So of course with that many people, the co-browsing didn't…
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Wiki World talk
Just a quick reminder that today I'll be giving an online talk on Wikis at 3 pm ET. It's totally free to attend, so stop by if you're interested in…
Patience and staff buy-in
I'm not the most patient person in the world (I can just imagine my husband snickering when he reads this). Ok, I'm really impatient. I have a lot of ideas…
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Let’s make libraries better, ok?
Since the fall, I've pretty much been processing my thoughts about Library 2.0 on this blog in real-time. If one is going for ideological consistency, it's probably not the best…