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100_1067, originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian.
I started using stickers on my laptop after watching someone in an airport security line confuse my laptop with his. Like Little Black Suitcases, laptops are dangerously similar, particularly to people who don’t really [...]
Tags: Hot Tech
Last Thursday I gave a talk about My Place Of Work to the Sierra Chapter of the Special Library Association, and next week (Thursday, 3/23, 4-5:15 p.m.) I’m giving pretty much the same talk (but co-presented with Buff Hirko of Washington State) to the Public Library Association. If PLA is anything like SLA was, this [...]
Tags: MPOW
Today I think I talked to at least three vendors we work with from time to time. It reminded me of how much I like all but two vendors I’ve worked with at MPOW (and no, you won’t hear about Those Two on this blog; they are part of MPOW’s past). I don’t mean “am [...]
Tags: MPOW
I grievously omitted Andy Johnson from my list of endorsements for this year’s ALA election. Andy, who I know from the GLBT Roundtable, is running for what I call the “Kibbles and Bits” Councilor: the person who represents all of the roundtables that do not qualify for a vote on Council.
Meanwhile, please also vote for [...]
Tags: American Liberry Ass'n
Sunpak 2001UT Tripod with Quick Release and 3-Way Panhead
by SUNPAK
A few days ago Sandy and I decided to purchase a camcorder, primarily for recording church sermons (hers) to help her in her church search process (her current position, as an interim pastor, ends sometime before fall, we think), but also for recording important family events [...]
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I ventured into my “opinions” section in Bloglines a couple of minutes ago on my lunch break while I nuked leftovers in the microwave, and found something else nuclear on Bayosphere, which I don’t read as often as I should: Steven Zenith’s reaction to the San Jose Public Library. He fulminates (often in upper case) [...]
Tags: Librarianship
On ALA TechSource I’ve posted the first in a series explaining how OPACs suck. Extra credit if you figure out the catalogs I used for my examples (no, you can’t say NCSU, since I make that explicitly the non-sucky example).
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It warmed me to watch ALA bring Meredith Farkas into the fold, encourage her to build a wiki for the New Orleans conference, let the New Orleans wiki be hosted externally, and yet be “official” (I know how hard a step that is for any organization), and in general say, Meredith, you are entitled [...]
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alaballotpostcard, originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian.
I received my ALA ballot postcard in the mail last Friday. I’m hoping we can have a much larger L2 presence in this election. Let me give you my 2 cents on who to [...]
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Aaron is the co-director of the MFA program I’m attending at the University of San Francisco, and he was my workshop instructor last fall. I wouldn’t miss this for the world. “Passionate” and “personal” perfectly describe his engagement with literature, life, and teaching. If you’re thinking of going to this event, ping me, and maybe [...]
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