Categories News & Life Updates

Best Wishes to all! See you in the New Year.

January 8 & 9, 2006. The Hyperlinked Library. Staff Institutes, Hennepin County Library System, Minnetonka, Minnesota. January 12, 2007. Library 2.0: Planning, People & Participation. Columbia College Chicago Library, Chicago, Illinois. January 19, 2007. “Who’s Watching YOUR Space?” Moderator. OCLC Symposium with danah boyd, Howard Rheingold & Marc Smith, ALA Midwinter. Seattle, Washington. January 21, 2007. Next-Gen Sharing Libraries. OCLC Program. ALA Midwinter. Seattle, Washington. January 23, 2006. Elmhurst College Library Honors Program. Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois. February 1, 2006. Library 2.0. McMaster University Library, Hamilton, Ontario. February 2, 2007. Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries. Ontario Library Association. […]

100_1653 Originally uploaded by freerangelibrarian. Karen dons her regalia and graduates with her MFA in Creative Writing!! A hearty note of congrats! Keep writing KGS!

OH! I’ve been tagged by Phil Bradley! See: http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2006/12/blog_tag_5_thin.html Phil writes: I got blog tagged by Danny Sullivan into a game of ‘5 things you don’t know about me.’ If you’re not interested in me (and no reason why you should be) move on now, because the game is that because I’ve been tagged I provide the list and then tag 5 other people. Which is cool, cos I’m just going to blame it on Danny anyway. 😉 1. I like taking photographs of abandoned buildings, particularly insane asylums. I’ve got a bunch of pictures on my Flickr account in […]

http://www.gwinnettmagazine.com/bog2006.cfm#womanyear As the executive director of the Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL) for 15 years, Pinder operated with clear direction and a commitment to the belief that “a library should serve from cradle to grave.” During her tenure, the GCPL was named the 2000 Library of the Year by the Library Journal, instituting a host of customer-focused changes that made the Gwinnett library system one that leaders from other areas envy – and local patrons embrace and enjoy. Good for you, Jo Ann! Good luck on your run for ALA Treasurer as well! You’ve got my vote. Here’s what Jessamyn […]

Grades are Done! Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I’m at Panera Bread in River Forest, IL..I just finished grading the last of 24 eight page research papers. Topics ranged from collection development issues, the future of the school library, Patriot Act examinations all the way to discussions and reflection on Library 2.0. I wish there was a way to share some snippets of my students’ incredible writing and insights…maybe soon.. LIS 701 students – if you are reading – well done! You should be proud of yourselves. And thank you for an excellent experience teaching 701 for the first time!

So nice to see the Holiday wishes from library staff to their users (and the world) popping up on Flickr this week. I’m impressed with the creativity and the sense that many folks are involved, such as the group shot of the folks from Dok in Delft! Merry Christmas from DOK, public library Delft Originally uploaded by DOK Delft.

A BIG congrats to my friend Aaron Schmidt on his new position as director of the North Plains Public Library.

http://youthtech.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/news-stuff/ News: As of January 2, 2007, I will be serving in a new capacity as the Emerging Technology Manager here at the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Nice work PLCMC! The groundbreaking, open and “easy to steal” Learning 2.0 and now this position. Tell us more about it, Matt!