Monthly Archives: June 2004

21 posts

Day One

It was a whirlwind. I was exhausted by the time I came back to my room. I went downstairs before our set 3pm meeting time and there were members of the cohort everywhere – checking in, hanging out in the lobby, and swimming in the hotel pool. It was nice to put real live people with e-mails and photos online. We offcially convened at 3pm with a general session with Dr. Brian O’Connor and did some Q & A. Then we shuttled over to the UNT Campus and attended a “meet & greet” with the faculty complete with wine and […]

In Texas

I’m at the Denton, Texas Hampton Inn… a nice room in a nice place. I drove around the campus of UNT this am. They are closed up for Ronald Reagan’s funeral today. This has been a difficult time. I haven’t taken on such a life change like this since my dad had the stroke (and that life change came out of nowhere, totally unexpected.) This change I did myself. Am I up to the challenge? Can i do such work? Things that have made the transition easier: The support of SJCPL, working with me to cut my hours and work […]

Ten Things a Blogging Librarian Must Do (an exercise in common sense)

Cite your sources. Link to them. It’s what this Web and blog thing is all about. Post often but have something to say. I’d rather read one or two super good posts than multiple posts that someone puts up because they feel they have to. I’ve done that here. I used to post everyday, but now I focus on what’s really interesting me and what I can comment on. However: make the commitment though to follow through. It pains me to see a new blog go up, get listed here and there and then never hear from it again. Blogging […]