Information Wants To Be Free – Page 31 – A librarian, writer and educator reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons

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…

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Go where the patrons are… literally

In New Jersey, the Camden County Library System did just that. In November, they opened Shelf Life, a decidedly non-traditional branch of the library at the Echelon Mall in Voorhees.…

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Label 2.0

It's a bird. It's a plane. No! It's Library 2.0! What is Library 2.0? Is it all about technology? It is new? Is it just old? If Library 2.0 were…

Wikis

Wiki spam begone!

You have no idea how happy I am to report that my brilliant husband seems to have found the solution to my spam problems. We're tried blacklists and they never…

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As you may know, I'm chairing the Library and Information Resources Track of HigherEd BlogCon, a totally online conference exploring the new technologies being used in higher education. Michelle Boule…

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Edward Vielmetti: Superpatron

Yesterday, Edward Vielmetti, a very committed patron at the Ann Arbor District Library e-mailed me about an amazing idea he has for improving the Library Success Wiki (stay tuned for…

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The book: progress report

Writing is going well in terms of quantity. I'm nearly halfway done in terms of words written, which I can hardly believe myself. However, given my ineptitude when it comes…

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Elf and Privacy Issues

Mary Minnow has written several posts on Library Elf and potential privacy issues. Since my library uses Voyager, I haven't tried Library Elf out yet, but it's supposed to create…

Delta Gorran 1990-2005

My dog, Delta, died on Monday. She'd had heart problems for some time, but you wouldn't know it by looking at her. And she certainly never knew she was sick,…

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ALA, relevance, and the almighty dollar

That Jenny Levine. Always looking for a buck. I mean, the nerve of her thinking that if she's speaking at a conference and flying out to it on her own…

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Cool things I found this week2

Here are some of the great things I've found this week: Roy Tennant's brilliant What I Wish I Had Known, a reflection on the things he would have been better…

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I’m talking about wikis!

Well, I guess that comes as no surprise, but this time I'll actually be talking (as opposed to writing)! I'm so excited to be giving a live online talk about…

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A clear vision for the future of your library

I've been trying to figure out what it is about Library 2.0 that I'm not comfortable with. And again, it was thinking back to my former career that gave me…

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Know a social software mover and shaker?

Is your library doing something exciting with social software? Do you know of a library or a librarian who is doing cool stuff with social software? The applications could either…

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Technology Implementation: My Brilliant Failures

I'm never afraid to try something and have it fail. I'd rather learn from a mistake than learn nothing because I was afraid to make a mistake. I don't know…

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We’re hiring

Just a head's up for those on the job hunt, though this is not a position for those who are brand-new librarians. We are hiring a Coordinator of Public Services.…

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Cool things I found this week

The unsinkable Rachel Singer Gordon's column about the role Gen-X'ers can play as a bridge between the boomers and the millennials. She's dead-on and this is an article you should…

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Where’s my video iPod?

Michelle and I were talking today about how easy it can be to get penned into talking about limited subject matters in one's blog. I know I feel funny when…

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Web/Library 2.0 Backlash

It's interesting to watch the lack of dialogue between librarians who are rah-rah Web/Library 2.0 advocates and those who think it's all a bunch of hot air. It's like two…