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Jobs and the elusive sense of “fit”
I was about halfway through my Masters of Social Work program when I realized that I did not want to be a social worker. It's not that I don't love…
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Curiosity did not kill the cat
When I was a child, I was always reading (surprise, surprise, right?). Often, I would read books that were perhaps a little advanced for my age range in terms of…
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The Carnival pulls up stakes…
...and moves into Joy's town! Come one, come all to the Carnival of the Infosciences #3 at Wanderings of a Student Librarian! When Greg first mentioned this carnival idea, it…
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Survey of the biblioblogosphere
Here is the Survey of the Biblioblogosphere, as promised. If you write a library blog (personal, professional, official, unofficial, part of a community, in any language) please visit the survey…
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Reader survey results
I think I've gotten enough responses to close the survey and report my findings. 72 people filled it out, and that figure blew my mind! I thought I'd probably get…
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Surveying the biblioblogosphere: Take two
Lisle wrote that she would like to know more about the age distribution of librarians who write blogs. I wish Walt could somehow have done a breakdown by blogger age,…
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Loving the long tail
Everyone is all a-twitter about Walt Crawford's investigation of the biblioblogosphere where he measured the "reach" of blogs and highlighted the top 50 librarian blogs. And I hate to play…
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MPOW: RSS-ified!
Norwich University may be small, but we do have RSS feeds! Norwich University News and Events Norwich University Sports I even set one of my colleagues up with Bloglines yesterday!…
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Wikimania hits WebJunction
Next month, WebJunction's editorial focus will be on Online Community for Public Libraries and I was asked to serve as guest editor for this segment. I know I don't work…
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Lots of firsts
Vermont is so beautiful I can hardly believe I'm allowed to live here! Even though I started work today, I still feel like I'm on vacation, and I'll probably feel…
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Hiatus
I don't know how much I'll be able to post during the month of August. Between the move and the probability of Internet access issues, I can't promise anything. I'm…
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Designing my blog for you: A survey
Early Wednesday morning, I'll be leaving for Vermont, my new job and new home. Since this is a transitional time in my life, I thought it would only be appropriate…
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Online communities in a “locked down” society
I've never understood librarians who are afraid of change. Maybe it's because I'm young, but I doubt it, because I'm probably a bigger fan of routine than the average person.…
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Email is like so 5 minutes ago
This survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project entitled Teens and Technology makes me feel very old. Apparently teens think of email as something they do to communicate…