http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2007/12/brian_kelly_iwr.php Richard Wallis writes: I had the great pleasure last night of helping UKOLN’s Brian Kelly celebrate his award of IWR Information Professional of the Year. The well deserved award was presented at Online Information 2007 yesterday. Woohoo! I’ve had the pleasure of presenting with Brian a few times. He is truly an innovator in the UK and beyond.
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I’m thankful for many things: family, home, my work, and my online life. I’m also thankful for LISNews and the hosting services that Blake Carver provides. He puts up with the mountains of spam comments TTW gets as well as all my strange requests. If you are thankful for the sites and services Blake provides also, head on over to: http://www.lisnews.org/node/28308 to make a donation of any size to the efforts of the LISNews folks! Thanks to all who’ve made this year so incredble online. It’s been a heartbreaking and wonderful year and the support I’ve received from my friends […]
Don’t miss the compendium of links related to libraries and librarians parties: http://marylaine.com/party.html We all know that librarians are not the prototypical sensible-shoes-wearing little ladies with buns, but did you have any idea how much fun we can be? Here’s a collection of news stories I’ve assembled about some image-busting librarians and the imaginative parties, programs, competitions, and stunts they’ve staged for their communities. To get an idea of what I had to say in this presentation, see my column, “Party People,” http://marylaine.com/exlibris/xlib307.html.
Congrats to Helene!!! Going to Columbus Metropolitan library Originally uploaded by mstephens7 Read about it: http://www.librarybytes.com/2007/10/change-changes.html Congrats Helene!
I was honored to write the chapter on the Read/Write Web and Libraries for this new book from Information Today edited by Rachel Singer Gordon, my “Tech Tips” partner in crime at Computers in Libraries for the last two years. Information Tomorrow gathers some incredible folks, writing about the future of libraries and technologies. Please check it out. My goal is to use it as a text for a future version of LIS768! Find out more here: http://books.infotoday.com/books/InformationTomorrow.shtml or here: http://www.lisjobs.com/infotomorrow/ Jenny blogged it here: http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/10/21/get-information-tomorrow-today.html and David Lee King blogged it here: http://www.davidleeking.com/2007/10/19/information-tomorrow-has-finally-arrived/
A post that is long overdue. I want to extend public thanks to Jennifer Graham and Scott Smith for the invaluable assistance they provided me as I finished my dissertation. In a way, it’s also an acknowledgement of how powerful these informal blogging connections can be. In the space of a few months Jennifer and I both suffered losses. I could hardly breathe some days as the summer slipped away. Requests for formatting and clarification came from the University Reader at UNT when I least expected it. Jennifer and Scott were there for me — to assist and offer support […]
Good news about my colleague and UNT cohort member Stacy Creel! Congrats Stacy! Stacy L. Creel, a well-known YA librarian and educator, has been named the new editor of VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) by the magazine’s publisher, The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Creel has held positions in children’s/YA departments in Houston, New York, and Tallahassee public library systems. In addition, she is an active member of the American Library Association’s YA Library Services Association (YALSA) and is currently serving as the co-chair of the YALSA Pre-conference “Tweens & Reading” program for the 2008 annual conference, and is a member of […]
Thanks Jenimi! Originally uploaded by mstephens7 I received this lovely card at the lake this weekend — from Jennifer Graham. It was a Thank You but also a reminder to get out where the Wild Things are. That’s a good reminder to get sometimes! I always watch for synchronicity in things – this time it comes with Karen’s post about leaving ALA TechSource blog. When I turned 40 I could imagine that I was not halfway through my life; I can see myself living well into my 80s. But at the half-century mark, I’m far more acutely aware that time […]
Sydney Harbor w/ bridge and opera house Originally uploaded by jessamyn I don’t have all the details yet, but I’m tickled to announce I just ironed out the details for a speaking trip around Australia in February and March 2008! I’m thrilled to no end to visit the land down under – where so many cool library things are happening. As it stands now, we’ll start in Sydney and move roughly west (Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth), then back east through Alice Springs to finish in Brisbane. I just bought the tickets today. We’re also making a bit of a celebratory trip now that […]
I had a GREAT time at NYPL meeting some cool folks and talking about the Hyperlinked Library. Thanks to all who attended.