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Originally uploaded by Wandering Eyre. I agree with Michelle! I looked around the table at the incredible folks dining and chatting and told them: “I’m honored to be here.”

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Schneider on Planning & IT

For some tips and strategies on dealing with librarians, IT and this 2.0 world, don’t miss Karen Schneider’s most wonderful post at TechSource “IT & Sympathy.”

http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2007/01/it-and-sympathy.html

First, if they haven’t told you what they’re up to, sit down with your IT people and ask what their schedule is, and where your needs for new [...]

Get a Clue! The Hyperlinked Organization at ALA Techsource

“To the librarian I once overheard saying, “It is my personal duty to make sure we have no typos on anything!” I must say: Don’t miss the forest for the trees, Dear Lady. Typos can be corrected, especially online, and focusing too much on those little details may lead to missing the big picture. You’re [...]

Flickr is Scaring Some Folks!

Please zip over and read my post about Flickr at ALA TechSource.

http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/07/flickr-libraries-scary-scary-scary-to-some-folks.html

I ask that you do not make any spur-of-the-moment, reactionary decisions, Flickr’ing Librarians! What I sincerely hope will not happen is the libraries and associations that have started using Flickr will abandon the site because they are scared… come on! Don’t [...]

Librarians put Social Software into Practice

Here are links to my two recent Techsource posts where a couple of innovators weigh in on using social software in libraries:

Chad Boeninger on BizWiki: http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/05/wikis-in-the-university-library.html

Margaret Lincoln on the Night Blog: http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/05/introducing-blogs-and-wikis-at-lakeview-high-school.html

The 2.0 Job Description

At TechSource this week, I ponder the 2.0 Job and charge libraries and library schools to look at their offerings!

http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/03/on-the-20-job-description-part-1.html

Tom Peters on Mash Ups & Conferences

Good reading at ALA Techsource:

http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/03/the-monster-mashup.html

I think I need to say that THIS is OVERDUE!

It may be time for our profession to seriously reconsider the value of the traditional conference, where a conference planning committee asks for conference proposals twelve to eighteen months in advance of the conference. How can library and information [...]

On Change, Library 2.0 and ALA

I have a new post at TechSource, with some fascinating comments by Mary Ghikas from ALA:

http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/02/on-change-library-20-and-ala.html

Jenny and I will be with the ALA folks this afternoon for a special “Association 2.0″ version of the Roadshow.

And Jessamyn reports about the ALA Council Facebook! Woohoo!

Dream On!

http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/02/are-you-dreaming.html

School Library 2.0 -Talking with Christopher Harris

http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/02/the-digitally-re-shifted-school-library-a-conversation-with-christopher-harris.html