Monthly Archives: April 2007

Good Morning! I didn’t realize how hard it would be to write this little post. After the successful defense of my proposal, I am taking a few weeks off to focus exclusively on writing the last two chapters of my dissertation. I want to defend it in June before the […]

On Writing the Dissertation (Michael is Unplugging)

This entry was posted in Education Pursuing the PhD and tagged Pursuing the PhD on April 30, 2007 by Michael Stephens

Via Janie at Library Garden: http://www.socialcomputingmagazine.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=12 1. We take responsibility for our own words and reserve the right to restrict comments on our blog that do not conform to basic civility standards. 2. We won’t say anything online that we wouldn’t say in person. 3. If tensions escalate, we will […]

Blogger’s Code of Conduct

This entry was posted in Blogging and tagged Library Blogs Weblogs on April 30, 2007 by Michael Stephens

Please say hi if you are attending the Massachusetts Library Association meeting! http://www.masslib.org/conference/2007Conference/index.htm Here’s our program: Friday at 1:45-3:00pm Blog’s Eye View: Three Industry Bloggers Talk About Library Trends Jessa Crispin, Jenny Levine, Michael Stephens Blogs have evolved well beyond the personal online journals that gave the dynamic web application […]

See You in Sturbridge!

This entry was posted in Blogging Conferences & Presentations and tagged Library Blogs Weblogs on April 30, 2007 by Michael Stephens

May 4, 2007. Massachusetts Library Association. Blog’s Eye View:Three Industry Bloggers Talk about Library Trends, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. May 7, 2007. Rural Libraries 2.0 Conference Keynote with Jenny Levine. Traverse City, Michigan. 🙂 May 17 & 18, 2007. Library 2.0. Mohawk Valley Library System, New York state. June 6 & 7 […]

Upcoming Presentations

This entry was posted in Conferences & Presentations on April 30, 2007 by Michael Stephens

Jenny reports that Exter PL in Rhode Island is using Netflix: http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/04/22/exeter_public_library_does_netflix.html Take a look at the comments at the EPL post as well: http://131.109.225.131/exelib/2007/03/netflix-your-library.html Please let us know how it goes, Exeter library folk!

Netflix at Exeter

This entry was posted in Technology and tagged Technology Trends on April 29, 2007 by Michael Stephens

Abram Inspired me to make a new card Originally uploaded by mstephens7. See http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2007/04/librarian_tradi.html Have you updated your card lately?

Abram Inspired me to make a new card

This entry was posted in Information Professionals Librarians, Libraries & the Profession on April 29, 2007 by Michael Stephens

I got to meet Michelle McLean in person this morning. I got up early and we had a nice breakfast out at Oak Brook. She’s from Australia and has been in the States for 3 weeks, visiting libraries and attending CIL 2007. Our discussion was all over the board – […]

Breakfast with the Connecting Librarian

This entry was posted in Blogging and tagged Library Blogs Weblogs on April 29, 2007 by Michael Stephens

A post about rules from Library Yarns: So, I was at work today, once again enforcing rules that I don’t agree with. Three people are working in a conference room on their laptop. They need to print. They ask if they can use one of our patron computers and attach […]

Rules Rules and More Rules

This entry was posted in Information Professionals Librarians, Libraries & the Profession on April 28, 2007 by Michael Stephens

http://ulatmac.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/immersive-learning-gaming-librarian-appointed/ News from McMaster University: The University Library is pleased to announce the appointment of Shawn McCann to the position of Immersive Learning (Gaming) Librarian. Shawn comes to us from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan where he is the Digital Projects Librarian and has also held the position Web […]

Gaming Librarian Appointed

This entry was posted in Gaming on April 28, 2007 by Michael Stephens