Free Range Librarian

A quick lunchtime post (written in the wee hours, embargoed until now) since I’ve received email that tells me the press release is filtering out across the Internet’s series of tubes…
First, I’m going to miss My (Current) Place Of Work. They are great folks and when I said I was leaving they expressed great sorrow [...]

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I woke up early this morning, Independence Day, because I don’t have any goals.
I don’t mean I don’t have goals for today; I do indeed. I will make Green Goddess vegetable dip, I will limit myself to one small plate of treats at the pool party, I will perform one household task from the list [...]

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Note: somewhere in this wee catechism is the request for assistance to create a custom Wordpress feed, possibly in Atom (only because it’s an unused feed in a Wordpress installation I’m using). I’ve found some documentation, but real-world experience would be gratefully received.)
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A few months back I wrote for Techsource about the need to be [...]

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Nicole, over on “What I learned today,” wonders if she’s burned out. Just because she’s working, blogging, presenting, and trying to sell a house at the same time?
What I say here is nothing new, really… which is partly why I’m blogging it: because I’ve got so much happening this week that even Gormania can’t [...]

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An update on the wireless issue. Some folks had wanted to know why ALA couldn’t buy this for everyone, or why Only Council was getting this “perk.” That’s because this is a maiden voyage for ALA and they want to get it right. (Remember how you kvetched at the minor problems when ALA launched [...]

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(Update: Cohen has called off the Googlebomb.)
I woke up this morning to see a well-meaning request to Googlebomb LII (the place where I work… o.k., I know you know that, but there is a very intentional veil between FRL and LII). Not only that, Jessamyn has already critiqued the practice. Lordy, lordy… can’t [...]

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“All this handringing by librarians and others is ridiculous. Google is a commercial service and business. They clearly state what they will be doing. If you don’t like it go someplace else. Also, remember the old internet adage: ‘Do not send stuff in an e-mail that you would not want [...]

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