The title refers to a much earlier post I wrote when we lived in Indiana. Now that we are back in Illinois and in our new house, I thought I’d write about wildlife sightings we’ve had over the course of the past few weeks.Last week Michele noticed a ground hog (or is it a [...]

I’ve mentioned many times that I have close ties to my alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, so forgive me for yet another mention of them. I have been meaning for a while to mention here that they are providing some nice social web functionality. Included in this is a library-specific [...]

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 scrambled (well, more so than usual).
For example, I continue to be incredibly impressed with Tim [...]

I was pleased to get an email today announcing the winners of various annual awards from NASIG. NASIG generously gives out several different awards, but the highlight for me has always been the award for current Master’s level library and information science students. NASIG gives out several of these each year, and I [...]

I’m thoroughly enjoying conversations with my mentee @ the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science. He is very familiar with Web 2.0 and so naturally we have already begun a dialog about the viability of the library side of this technology trend, known as Library 2.0. I [...]

It’s not the first time, nor will it be the last, I’m sure. I boasted about Illinois’s basketball team beating Michigan State, only to see Illinois lose, big time, to Iowa — Iowa! of all teams — a few days later. Sigh. No more sports commentary.

I couldn’t be more pleased that Illinois trounced Michigan State tonight. Go Illini! And some so-called expert at Sports Illustrated had the temerity to insist just last week that Michigan State was the logical favorite, the team to beat, in the Big 10. Hmmm, maybe that guy’s eating his words tonight.

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 be a required course. The course I teach at the University of Illinois at [...]

Michele is feeling much better right now. In fact, she has been feeling well enough that I have been able to be in the office the whole week for the first time in quite a while. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we are not sure yet about what [...]

I’ve been very preoccupied by other matters for several days now (including a trip to see family in east central Illinois) but hope to get back to posting more routinely in the next few days.
One thing I’ve learned in the past few days is the exposure that having a blog can provide, for good or [...]