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Old media really doesn’t “get” new media

Last semester, one of my students linked to this great conversation between Teresa Nielsen Hayden (community manager for Boing Boing) and John Scalzi about community-building through comments and moderation. It's…
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Rethinking online learning

This was another amazing semester teaching at San Jose State University. I had significantly more students in my class this semester than in the past (more than double), which at…
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Tips for library job applicants in a tight market

Another semester of teaching at San Jose State's SLIS program has ended. Many of my students are graduating and others are starting to think about applying for jobs so they'll…
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Follow my American Libraries columns online!

The folks at American Libraries have done a beautiful job with their Drupal-based website. It's a heck of a lot more polished than their old site and contains not only…
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Shuffling off to Buffalo

For library folks near the Buffalo area, I wanted to let you know that I'll be participating in an all-day conference on "Gadgets and Gear" for the Western New York…
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Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 3

I took an absolutely obscene amount of notes from Ken Haycock’s keynote, because it was just one pearl of wisdom after another (I’m only including some choice bits here). I’ve…
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Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 2

Day 2 was just as full and wonderful as Day 1. I continued my mostly staying offline during the conference and I think it really helped me to keep focused…
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Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 1

Since it had been two years since I’d been to an Information Today Conference, I was really excited to attend Computers in Libraries and it did not disappoint. It was…
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Coming to terms with Twitter

I've been teaching a class on Web 2.0 since 2007, and this semester is the first time that I've actually had a full week on Twitter (well, microblogging and lifestreaming…
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A lot of Davids make one heck of a Goliath

In response to my post a few days ago about EBSCO, Sarah Houghton-Jan just wrote an impassioned post about unethical vendor practices, suggesting that we let our vendors know when…
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Has EBSCO become the new evil empire?

Absolutely. I was less than thrilled with the way EBSCO has dealt with some of its customers vis-à-vis Harvard Business Review. I thought it was pretty evil that they signed…
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Baby steps in promoting information literacy

In the Fall, I wrote a post about my own thoughts on who should teach information literacy in academic libraries. In theory, I don't care who teaches information literacy as…
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Finding the work/family/fun balance and identity as a librarian/parent

This is a post mainly for those professionals who are passionate about their careers and are considering having children but wonder/worry what impact it might have on their life and…
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A Working Mom’s Library Day in the Life: Thursday – awesome day

This will be my last Day in the Life, as Reed and I got sick with RSV (and him with bronchiolitis as well) so I'm feverish, wiped out, and confined…
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A working mom’s library day in the life: Wednesday

This morning I felt really sick to my stomach and dizzy, so after helping to get Reed dressed, Adam ended up taking him to daycare. I spent 20 minutes lying…
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A Working Mom’s Library Day in the Life: Tuesday

My day started at 6:00 am when my husband and I got Reed fed, dressed, and ready for daycare. Adam drove him to daycare today since I was nearly out…
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A Working Mom’s Library Day in the Life: Monday

This week’s "days in the life" are very different from the ones I did back in July. In July, I was still in the midst of maternity leave and was…
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A rant about men (like Clay Shirky)

A lot of people have written about Clay Shirky's post "A rant about women" and I'm here to give my two cents FWIW. First of all, who in their right…
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Teaching Web 2.0 with Web 2.0

After a year off from teaching to take care of baby Reed, I'm getting back up on the horse. I'll be teaching a class on Web 2.0 and Social Networking…
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Community-generated children’s book for charity

For the holidays, I bought Reed an awesome personalized book. While I still have the personalized book my dad made me when I was 3, I must admit that the…
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