I got asked at Midwinter what I thought about the decision to move Librarians’ Internet Index to Drexel, from a project run by paid contractors to a student-run project. The person who asked me sounded as if there were concerns I might be annoyed or upset. I gave the questioner one-third of my full response. […]
I bet this won’t be the last version of this, but it still gives my Denver-bound colleagues some idea of my 411 in Denver. Thursday, Jan 22 Thursday afternoon, arrive in Denver Thursday night dinner, MJ Friday, Jan 23 Friday morning booth setup Friday 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. confab w/colleague Friday 1:30 p.m. – […]
[Note: there is absolutely no way I can improve on this message, which just came across the transom to PUBLIB, the 7,000-member discussion list for public librarians, so I’ll just shut up and let the message speak for itself. Please share — and a most joyous, and thoughtful, holiday to each and every one of […]
Over on Twitter I saw a tweet this morning: “Would displays in the library that displayed just returned titles be cool or too much of a privacy violation?” The short answer: no, in fact, many libraries do most of their circulation from returned-book carts. (Do they teach this stuff in Liberry Skool?) But since you […]
I don’t spend a lot of time on this blog on national politics, but I’ve been brooding ever since the Republican Convention over the way Sarah Palin sneered at and mocked community organizing. There are many other things that bug me about Sarah Palin — including how much mileage she gets from lying about not […]
If you are an ALA member, please take this survey (problems with that URL? try this direct link), brought to you with tender loving care by the ALA Task Force on Electronic Meeting Participation, of which I are one. You’ll see this survey in the wild over the next several days. Your participation in the […]
The delightful Cliff Landis (who I have even met in Real Life) has a post with advice for job applicants. Many of his points are excellent. Some can even be amplified. Don’t just proofread your c.v.: have a friend proofread it. You can’t see your own errors, particularly on a document you’ve been poring over […]
The personal detour I’m back from giving the closing talk at SOLINET’s annual membership meeting, where I was well-pampered by all involved. I also rented a Prius for the trip, and it was quite difficult to return this lovely car to Avis. I had wondered how I would like driving a Prius, and the answer […]
So I was tagged for this meme by Sarah “LibrarianInBlack” Houghton, in which through captioning a photograph we meditate on what we’re passionate about “kids” learning. The meme responses I’ve read are all well-intended, and I like Sarah’s caption, but — I am sorry, my bibliofriends and edubloggers, I realize this is not very affirming […]
A long-overdue post about the best of the best from Connecticut Trendspotting, NISO Discovery, a Kent Campus visit, and Computers in Libraries. (I have since attended IA Summit and Florida Library Association…more about them later!) Quick Takeaways: Clearest tech trends rippling through the presentationsphere: mobile interfaces, intelligent folksonomies, open source Favorite presentation: Helene Blowers, Computers […]