There have been quite a few changes around here in the last few weeks. The major one for this blog is that I’ve upgraded it to WordPress 3.0 — a very smooth and easy process, by the way — and … Continue reading →
Tonight marks the second-to-last live session I will have with my students in the graduate library course I’m currently teaching. Time has flown by. As always, I learn things during the course that I can hopefully use in future teaching. … Continue reading →
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Tagged allerton park, Illinois, Monticello, online curriculum, University of Illinois
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Last weekend I was glad to meet my students in the course I’m teaching for UIUC GSLIS in the summer session. They are a great group of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. One person is originally from Argentina and … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alaska, Argentina, Arizona, Caribbean, Caribbean Library, Colorado, finance/accounting, Oregon, Phoenix, professional chess player, South Africa
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I’m not sure why this is true but every year around this time life speeds up to hyperspeed and I wonder how on earth I will ever make it through. That’s the main reason why I haven’t posted much lately; … Continue reading →
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Tagged cancer, John Fawcett, online course, Sarah Morris, wisconsin
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The following is a group photo of this summer’s technical services functions class, which I am teaching. They are a great group of people!
Last week I met face-to-face with the students who signed up for LIS578LE: Technical Services Functions at UIUC GSLIS. Overall it was a great time, including an informative meeting with librarians and staff who work in technical services areas at … Continue reading →
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Tagged Congress, energy, Karen Calhoun, LEEP technology, Library of Congress, Main Library, Mark Lindner, match with blogging technology, Open Source Software, Web Huddle
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I’m not sure where to even begin with this blog post…By that I mean that so much is happening and there is so much that I’ve wanted to comment on here but haven’t done so, such that my brain is … Continue reading →
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Tagged e-journals, Georgia, Graduate School, Illinois, Mark Lindner, Tim Spalding, University of Illinois
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Tame The Web: Libraries and Technology: Library Schools Must Teach E-Resource Management (& What Else?) I couldn’t agree more with the need for library schools to integrate a course on e-resource management into their curriculum. Furthermore, I think it should … Continue reading →
