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http://alfocus.ala.org/videos/i-love-my-librarian-award-ceremony Ten winners of the inaugural Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award were recognized at a ceremony hosted by the New York Times December 9. The award, administered by the ALA’s Public Information Office and the Campaign for America’s Libraries, recognizes public, school, and college librarians for service to their communities, schools, and campuses. Among the ten is my dear colleague and fellow UNT doctoral graduate: Margaret “Gigi” Lincoln, Library Media Specialist, Lakeview High School, Battle Creek, Michigan Checkout the video! A big congrats to Gigi! (Via ALAFocus which highlighted Gigi’s picture in the mailing – very […]
A big congratulations to Dr. Brian Kenney who attended the hooding ceremony at the University of North Texas this weekend. Brian is in the 2nd IMLS Fellowship PhD Cohort at UNT. A big shout out to Dr. Brian and to all of the others who graduated this weekend.
While I was away, he successfully defended his dissertation “The Transformative Library: A Narrative Inquiry into the Outcomes of Information Use.” Well done, Dr. Kenney!
Sunday evening walk, originally uploaded by Michael Casey. Michael Casey snapped this lovely photo today in London. I’m at O’Hare right now waiting for my flight. If you are attending Internet Librarian International 2008, please be sure to say HI!
Front Row @ IDEA 2008, originally uploaded by mstephens7. I brought my “social hardware,” the baby surge protector Karen turned me onto…sharing the plugs with folks on the front row. Having a great time at this conference. 3 Macs & one PC!
Just got a note that my fellow IMLS cohort colleague Brian Kenney is defending his dissertation next week. Go Brian! Looks like a great research project. Brian Kenney – Dissertation Defense “The Transformative Library: A Narrative Inquiry into the Outcomes of Information Use” Monday, October 13, 2008 11:00 a.m. (CT) Room D202 UNT Discovery Park
I’m spending the day at CPL at IDEA 2008. Taking notes at Twitter: http://twitter.com/mstephens7
“Talking, looking, flying, searching: information seeking behavior in Second Life” by Margaret Ostrander, MLIS, has been accepted for publication by the peer-reviewed, academic journal Library Hi Tech. The article is based on original research Margaret completed to investigate how users seek information in virtual worlds. Margaret’s work will appear as the lead article in the “Best Young Professionals” themed issue in December 2008 (vol:26 iss:4). Margaret completed this research as part of a self-designed independent study under the direction of Dr. Michael Stephens at Dominican University while a student on the College of St. Catherine campus. WooHoo! Congrats Margaret!
A Casual Conversation with Michael Stephens (OPAL) http://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=3430 When: Friday, September 19, 2008 (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST) Where: Opal Auditorium (Web conference) RPLS Training Room (Web conference) Cost: Free The Casual Conversations series is designed to be up-close and personal from a respectable online distance. While there are many conferences (in-person, online, and in-world) where librarians can hear leaders in the field make formal presentations about interesting projects, there are few opportunities to hear these same leaders discuss informally what they currently are working on, their future plans and goals, the challenges and opportunities facing librarianship, their […]