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K.G. Schneider’s blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else, since 2003.

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Entries from July 2006

This is not what I’m reading: The Best American Essays 2006

July 3rd, 2006 · 5 Comments

The Best American Essays 2006 (Best American Essays)
by Houghton Mifflin

I’m not reading this book; I probably won’t bother with Best American Essays 2006 until it’s out in paperback this fall. But courtesy of my local public library (MPL?), I’m reading through the set of BAE from the first volume–1987–forward, up to 2001, which will then [...]

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Tags: FRL Spotlight Reviews

Post-ALA: First Take

July 2nd, 2006 · 10 Comments

I came back from ALA with a mountain of work, both MPOW-ish and personal. Also, I have a long, not-so-casual piece I’m working on based on a tour of the flood zones with a friend (some pictures on Flickr). It involves research and follow-up. I appreciate the “in the moment” posts I’ve read (thanks, Jessamyn!), [...]

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Tags: American Liberry Ass'n

To Enter in One Another’s Blogs

July 1st, 2006 · No Comments

She’s staying fairly low-key while Leslie Burger does her prexy thing, but Loriene Roy has an interesting blog worth following. I was reading Loriene’s post about summer book lists for adults when I realized I had mis-read the tag line for her blog:
“Pin-ding-u-daud-ewin. ‘To enter into one another’s lodges’.”
My brain had morphed this into [...]

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Tags: American Liberry Ass'n

PALINET Job Opening

July 1st, 2006 · No Comments

The PALINET consortium asked me to post this job opening–essentially John Iliff’s position. It’s a great job and my sense is you could take it in many directions. If you’re hesitating because it seems to demand tech skills you aren’t sure you have or can acquire–but you consider yourself tech-savvy–go ahead and apply anyway. I [...]

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Tags: Hot Tech