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Timely content– news about developments in the library world, updates on Michael’s life, etc.

Workshops presented By Michael Stephens

Workshops The Reference Interview in the 21st Century – INCOLSA Workshops around Indiana Spring & Summer 2003 Make Learning Stick Preconference Workshop, Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, November 2003 Make Learning Stick Pre-conference Workshop, with D. Scott Brandt, Computers in Libraries, Washington DC, March 2004 SLS Tech Summit : Staff and User Technology Training with Robert Lewandowski, Wedenesday May 19, 2004 Make Learning Stick Pre-conference Workshop, with D. Scott Brandt, Internet Librarian, Monterey, CA, November 2004 Technology Planning: Avoiding Technolust & Technobust with Aaron Schmidt, Computers in Libraries, Washington DC, March 2005 Toolbox of Training Techniques with D. Scott Brandt, Computers […]

Public Presentations by Michael Stephens

Public Presentations: Mishawaka Public Library 1998-1999 Northeast Indiana Libraries Training Sessions Summer 1998 Michiana Tax Accountants December 1998 Michiana Consultants Group 1998 Investigating INSPIRE Northeast Indiana Libraries November 1999 Michiana Tax Accountants December 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Nappanee Public Library – HTML Classes, Digital Cameras, Auctions Bremen Public Library Technology Classes Plymouth Public Library Technology Classes

“I read your blog” or GRE Horrors

Bumped into a new SJCPL librarian outside the building this afternoon. He’s starting the MLS program via IUPUI. We talked GRE, math horror stories and about the mysteries of UNIX. He started the conversation with “Did you just take the GRE?” Mind racing I thought he’d been at the testing center or had seen me racing away from it after commiting to my scores (don’t ask! — i almost laughed out loud at some of the math parts)…. “I read your blog” he said. Coolness. At least the GRE is over! Now I am working on a big paper — […]