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I had been ignoring the passion quilt meme for the most part, but Ellie <3 libraries prompted me to think about how to use this meme to sum up some of my thoughts on my IL instruction process. Maybe this will get me off my rump and moving forward on that article I should be [...]

There has been a recent discussion on the Community and Junior College Libraries listserv regarding the use of Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classification schemes in community college libraries. Not surprisingly, members of the list have been quite vocal in expressing their views on the use of either.
Much of the discussion centers on the [...]

Well, I made it home from Midwinter in one piece. The same really can’t be said for my luggage. I think Delta has some kind of beef with me… that’s another story for a different blog.
There have been many occasions in my life where I have blamed a general lack of alertness (alertitude?) on jetlag; [...]

I was talking with a colleague (an on-call librarian) last night about the reality of being a librarian here in Portlandia. Usually you have to cobble together umpteen part-time and on-call jobs in hopes of coming away with a semi-decent resume. {Before I was offered my current temporary FT position I was looking at three [...]

I am exhausted today. Staying up until 1am packing was neither good nor smart. Bleh…and I’m not at all sure I managed to pack anything logical.
Today’s Bio class went fine although there were some frustrations with the timing. If I see I am scheduled to teach a class from 11-12, I don’t expect that the [...]

My freakin’ wrists are killing me. No combination of anti-inflammatory, brace, and stretching has come close to fixing it. A smart person might take this as a sign to type less. Me? I have two handouts to create by Wednesday.
I totally did not apply for ACRL Emersion 08. I really wanted to, and I sat [...]

Mike Wesch, professor at K State and paragon of digital anthropology has done it again.
His video “The Machine is Us/ing Us” provided brilliant oversight on what this whole cult of 2.0 is really about; separating content from format and coming away empowered by the process. The 4-and-a-half minute film really makes you think about how [...]

Oh jeez. It’s ok if you laugh at me for this, I promise.
I just found another something for which I just have to apply. It’s nothing as huge as EL 08, but is really cool and important to me. So yeah, I will once again be frantically cranking out letters and applications. This is for [...]