{"id":315,"date":"2005-11-16T08:20:45","date_gmt":"2005-11-16T13:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/?p=315"},"modified":"2005-11-16T13:09:16","modified_gmt":"2005-11-16T18:09:16","slug":"my-year-in-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/2005\/11\/16\/my-year-in-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"My year in blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the anniversary of my blog (Adam laughed at me when I used the word &#8220;blogiversary&#8221;).   Part of me can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s already been a year since I first started this blog.  The other part of me can&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s <em>only<\/em> been a year for all I&#8217;ve written and for all that has changed!  I started my blog without much of a sense of why I was doing it and found a voice and  a passion that I hardly knew existed before I started.  I found a passion for writing, for librarianship and for technology.  <\/p>\n<p>So much has happened in the past year.  It&#8217;s been the craziest year of my life. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Me in November 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Library school student<\/li>\n<li>Newlywed<\/li>\n<li>Living in Florida<\/li>\n<li>Looking for first professional library job<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t know anyone who cared about technology in libraries<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t know what RSS was.  Had never seen a wiki other than the Wikipedia. Never used del.icio.us or any other social bookmarking system.<\/li>\n<li>Had never administered a server or set up blog software in my life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Me in November 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distance Learning Librarian<\/li>\n<li>Living in Vermont<\/li>\n<li>Homeowner<\/li>\n<li>Part of amazing community of blogger librarians<\/li>\n<li>Constantly learning new things about technology and its applications in libraries. Major user of social software<\/li>\n<li>Run two wikis for the library community<\/li>\n<li>Administer library server at work. Set up wiki and blog software on my own (gee, that wasn&#8217;t really very difficult!)<\/li>\n<li>Am a real live professional writer with a book deal!!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What a rollercoaster!  For me, the biggest shock of all is that last point. I have a book deal.  <em>I have a book deal.<\/em>  No matter how many times I say it, and even though my wrists hurt from working on it, it doesn&#8217;t seem real.  I don&#8217;t want to go into too many details yet, but I will be writing a book about technology in libraries over the next 8 months.  It wasn&#8217;t something I&#8217;d thought about doing at this point in my career, but the opportunity presented itself and, as my husband said, I&#8217;d be certifiable to give up the opportunity to write a book!  After all, it&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve dreamed of doing since I was a child and never, ever, <em>ever<\/em> thought would really happen.  The whole thing is still a bit surreal to me, but I&#8217;m so happy to have this opportunity!  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been quite a year!  I can hardly believe where I was at one year ago versus where I am now.  My blog has really captured the low points and the high points in my year, so looking back at what I&#8217;ve written helps me to see how far I&#8217;ve come.  Here is a rundown of my blog year.<\/p>\n<p>Total words written: 136,696<br \/>\nTotal posts: 302<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2004\/11\/\">November 2004<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 27<br \/>\nWords written: 8,786<br \/>\nFavorite Post: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2004\/11\/24\/the-great-librarian-shortage-debate\/\">The great librarian shortage debate<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nImportant Event: Starting my blog, of course!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2004\/12\/\">December 2004<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 53<br \/>\nWords written: 16,361<br \/>\nFavorite Post: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2004\/12\/30\/dispaches-from-the-job-hunt\/\">Dispatches from the job hunt<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nImportant Event: I graduated with my MLIS! No job in sight, though. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/1\/\">January 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 63 (yowza!)<br \/>\nWords written: 25,056<br \/>\nFavorite Post: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/01\/06\/economics-101-for-the-ala\/\">Economics 101 for the ALA<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nImportant Events: Had my first out-of-state interview. Didn&#8217;t get the job. Learned not to go to out-of-area interviews where I had to pay my own way 100%.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/2\/\">February 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 24<br \/>\nWords written: 12,453<br \/>\nFavorite Posts: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/02\/02\/what-a-wonderful-wiki-world\/\">What a wonderful wiki world<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/02\/03\/the-art-of-the-interview\/\">The art of the interview<\/a><\/em>.<br \/>\nImportant Event: Moved to Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/3\/\">March 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 13<br \/>\nWords written: 6,393<br \/>\nFavorite Posts: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/03\/16\/federated-searching-and-why-users-arent-findingusing-your-electronic-materials\/\">Federated searching and why users aren\u2019t finding\/using your electronic materials <\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/03\/21\/podcasting-in-education\/\">Podcasting in education<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nImportant Events: First out-of-state interview that paid for me to come. Didn&#8217;t get the job. Spent weeks and weeks preparing the three required talks for the interview.  Heartbreaking.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/4\/\">April 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 20<br \/>\nWords written: 10,848<br \/>\nFavorite Posts: <em>The Failure of Middleware<\/em> series (Parts <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/04\/04\/the-failure-of-middleware-part-1-whats-the-problem\/\">one<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/04\/04\/the-failure-of-middleware-part-2-who-are-our-users\/\">two<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/04\/04\/the-failure-of-middleware-part-3-how-do-we-measure-up\/\">three<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/04\/04\/the-failure-of-middleware-part-4-what-works\/\">four<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/04\/07\/the-failure-of-middleware-part-5-the-unintegrated-library-system-federated-search\/\">five<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/04\/07\/the-failure-of-middleware-part-6-link-resolvers\/\">six<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/04\/07\/the-failure-of-middleware-part-7-oai-and-google-scholar\/\">seven<\/a> are linked here) and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/04\/13\/the-innovation-gap\/\">The innovation gap<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nImportant Events: Started <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wiki\/\">ALA Chicago 2005 Wiki<\/a>!  Job hunt not going well.  I start wondering if I&#8217;ll have to go back to social work to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/5\/\">May 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 19<br \/>\nWords written: 10,037<br \/>\nFavorite Posts: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/05\/25\/job-search-hoops\/\">Job search hoops<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/05\/29\/library-services-to-distance-learners\/\">Library services to distance learners<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nImportant Events: Suffered through the worst interview I ever had.  Starting to feel really hopeless. Had phone interview for my current job.  <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/6\/\">June 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 17<br \/>\nWords written: 7,816<br \/>\nFavorite Posts: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/06\/08\/do-you-emlikeem-your-patrons\/\">Do you <em>like<\/em> your patrons?<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/06\/25\/day-2-loving-that-old-school-style\/\">ALA Day 2: Loving that \u201cold school\u201d style<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nImportant Events: I got a terrific job!  Went to ALA Annual and met many of my blogger heroes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/07\/\"><strong>July 2005<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 12<br \/>\nWords written: 12,227<br \/>\nFavorite Posts: This was a good month for me without the job search hanging over my head.  <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/07\/09\/the-job-hunt-what-i-learned\/\">The job hunt: What I learned<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/07\/05\/ala-wiki-what-i-learned-and-what-im-doing-with-it\/\">ALA Wiki: What I learned and what I\u2019m doing with it <\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/07\/21\/the-kept-up-distance-learning-librarian\/\">The \u201ckept-up\u201d distance learning librarian<\/a><\/em> were my faves.<br \/>\nImportant Events: Bought first home in Vermont!  Started the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libsuccess.org\">Library Success Wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/08\/\">August 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 17<br \/>\nWords written: 6,594<br \/>\nFavorite Post: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/08\/15\/loving-the-long-tail\/\">Loving the long tail<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nImportant Events: Started my job as Distance Learning Librarian at Norwich University.  Moved to Vermont.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/09\/\">September 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 12<br \/>\nWords written: 7,085<br \/>\nFavorite Posts: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/09\/12\/survey-of-the-biblioblogosphere-results\/\">Survey of the Biblioblogosphere: Results<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/09\/11\/finding-a-job-and-finding-lasting-love\/\">Finding a job and finding lasting love<\/a><\/em>.<br \/>\nImportant Event: Had my first article published in <a href=\"http:\/\/webjunction.org\/do\/DisplayContent?id=11257\">WebJunction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/10\/\">October 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNumber of Posts: 19<br \/>\nWords written: 9,868<br \/>\nFavorite Post: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/10\/08\/librarians-in-academia-faculty-or-support-staff\/\">Librarians in Academia: Faculty or Support Staff?<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/10\/30\/new-communities-online-and-offline\/\">New communities, physical and virtual<\/a><\/em>.<br \/>\nImportant Event: OMG! I&#8217;m writing a book!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/11\/\">November 2005<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nFavorite Post: So far, <a href=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2005\/11\/11\/remember-to-share-and-play-nice\/\">Remember to share and play nice<\/a><br \/>\nImportant Event: Writing and writing and writing<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who has influenced me over the past year (and before).  A year ago, I never would have thought that I could write anything interesting enough that would attract an audience beyond my husband and parents.  Now I&#8217;m going to be writing a book.  I owe so much to my husband for encouraging me to stop ranting to him and start ranting to the world. \ud83d\ude09  I would never have gotten to where I am now without the bloggers who have welcomed me, challenged me, inspired me and given me the courage to try new things.  I have made so many wonderful friends through the simple act of writing down what I think.  Insane.  Thank you all.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has some sage advice and wisdom on book writing , I&#8217;d love to hear it.  This is completely new territory for me and a book is just so <em>big<\/em>.  It&#8217;s comforting, though, to see that I&#8217;ve written more in my blog over the past year than I will have to write for this book.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for reading my blog and inspiring me to continue writing it.<\/p>\n<p><tags>blogging, book, librarianship, community<\/tags><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the anniversary of my blog (Adam laughed at me when I used the word &#8220;blogiversary&#8221;). 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