Blogging ALA on a wiki!
When the wiki was first created, I put up a page for people who are blogging the conference so that people would know where they could find conference reports. Well,…
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Selling change @ your library
Aaron at Walking Paper recently wrote a great post entitled Letting Go. In it, he encouraged librarians to let go of rules that really serve librarians rather than patrons (and…
Very snarfy
I must apologize for the lack of posts this week. I've come down with a horrible cold (bordering on the flu) and I just haven't felt up to doing much…
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Do you like your patrons?
I just had another really great interview today. I could get used to this (though I could also get used to having a job and being done with these shenanigans)!…
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On the other hand…
In the past, I've written about the do's and don't's of interviewing and have described some of the bad experiences I've had in interviews. So I thought it would be…
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Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries?
I found this link via Nexgenlib-L and I found it so amusing/horrifying that I had to share it with everyone. Human Events Online, which is a conservative journal, came out…
Even more on our plate
Not that we don't have enough going on at the ALA Conference, but there are going to be two other very cool events happening in Chicago at the same time.…
Ooo baby, baby it’s a wiki world
What I love best about wikis is that their content is not limited to the imagination of just a few people (like most websites are). Anyone can add new sections…
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Library services to distance learners
Where I got my MLIS, distance learners had to pay more per credit hour than students who took classes on campus. I understood that the extra fees paid for the…
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“The Price of Indifference”
I just saw this article, by Henry Raymond, in the Chronicle of Education that rivaled even the worst of my interview woes: The committee members repeatedly warned me that their…
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Job search hoops
This morning (at 8 am Central Time) I got a call from a college on the east coast. They wanted to interview me for a reference librarian position I'd applied…
The Simpsons on libraries
I know this episode aired in 2004, but I was just watching it again today and it made me laugh just as hard as I did last time. And this…
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You want to pay me what? To live where????
Let me preface this post with the statement that I didn't become a librarian in order to get rich. The average librarian's salary is more than the average salary for…
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Cites and Insights June 2005 is here!
The June issue of Walt Crawford's Cite & Insights is out with some interesting articles, particularly those about the open access movement and the broadcast flag. What surprised me was…
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Your screencasting experience?
The Indian Blogger recently posted an excellent survey of screencasting and the software that can be used to create screencasts. People tend to talk about Qarbon Viewlet Builder, Macromedia Captivate,…
No room at the inn?
So, I've heard from several sources that there are no rooms left for the ALA Conference at the hotels suggested on the ALA's website. Yikes! I live in Chicago, but…
Posted inlibraries our digital future search
Lorcan Dempsey on library middlware
I've read a lot of posts and articles lamenting the fact that many students and patrons prefer using Google to the library's print and electronic resources, but few look at…
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A librarian is born!
I just want to wish a hearty congratulations to Dorothea Salo who just received her MLS today. So glad you made it through! Ever since I started reading her blog,…
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Dumb down the catalog? Yes, let’s!
I recently had an interesting discussion with a librarian regarding the usability of OPACs. I, as usual, was arguing that there are lessons to be learned from Google, RedLightGreen, and…