Here’s an overview of where I think I’ll be over the course of ALA week. I usually end up skipping out on a few of the sessions I plan to attend, because I overschedule and get burned out. But there’s a lot of good stuff this year (most of it…
I’ll be talking at the Alaska Library Association Annual Conference about social media. It’s the night before my talk, and I’m still trying to figure out what the most important things to talk about are–I am really only planning to talk for 45 minutes or so, to leave the second…
I’ve checked in on #reverb10 fairly consistently, but I haven’t pulled together the gumption to sit down and write blog posts. Part of it is that Christmas is coming up (with me behind on crafting!), I’ve been doing other writing projects, and I think I’m fighting off some kind of…
As seen on the Chronicle of Higher Education (side note: I really like ProfHacker) and the Alaska Library Association’s Facebook page, there’s a challenge called “reverb10.” (Twitter tag: #reverb10.) Goal: write 750 words every day in December, as an exercise in reflection on the year that’s ending and in setting…
I admit, this post is only tangentially related to librarianship. But I’m writing it because of a message that came out over the AkLA listserv, mentioning that San Diego’s airport has those awful backscatter machines and describing some of the implications of that. And because one of our medical librarians…
I’ve kind of put off writing this post, not because PNLA Leads was anything short of amazing—it did not fall short in the least—but because I wasn’t sure what to say. The facilitators asked us, very nicely, not to share too many details of the program, and I can get…
Instead of catching up with Google Reader (which is always the first social medium I let slide, particularly on my netbook, where it’s annoying to navigate), I thought I’d write up a brief post about ALA. You know, to stuff up all of your Google Readers. ;) I admit, I…
I make no secret of my loathing for summer classes. It isn’t the standard “I’d rather have a break,” though I suppose that factors in. Rather, it’s the inherent lack of balance. The summer semester at Pitt is 3-4 weeks (depending how you count) shorter than the other two, and…
I’ve changed my summer course schedule twice, now. On the bright side, all of this fiddling has left me with courses I’m excited to be taking! INFSCI 2955: Special Topics: Systems – “Web Engineering†(Monday nights) LIS 2850: Library’s Role in Teaching and Learning, aka Library Instruction (Four weekends, Friday…