Jay Datema posted a good writeup of his notes from the third meeting of the Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control yesterday. I read it with interest because I wasn’t able to connect to the live webcast the … Continue reading →
Anyone who needs to create or maintain bibliographic references should take a close look at Zotero. It is an amazing tool and one that I have begun to use more and more, thanks to encouragement from Mark Lindner. As this … Continue reading →
It’s no secret that NASIG is my favorite professional organization and that I enjoy NASIG conferences more than any other. Why? One reason is that there is nowhere I feel more at home than at NASIG. People are friendly, warm, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anne McKee, Arlington Racetrack, author, bank, car trip, Chris Block, College of St. Rose, D.C., Depauw University, fantastic food, food, Gail Patrick, Garden of Eden, Illinois, Kathryn Luther, Kathryn Luther Henderson, Libraries Unlimited, Louisville, Mark Lindner, nasig, President, professor, Serials Librarian, serials management, Steve Black, SUNY, Susan Davis, UCLA's Department of Information Studies, Washington, Wonderful food
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Soon I will be among friends at the 22nd annual NASIG conference held this year in Louisville, Kentucky. Mark Lindner will be along for the ride as well, which is great. The theme of this year’s conference is “Place Your … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anna Creech, Dan Chudnov, Diane Hillmann, Eclectic Librarian, Free Range Librarian, karen schneider, Kentucky, Louisville, Mark Lindner, One Big Library
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Next week I will be speaking about electronic resource management at UIUC GSLIS. At the end of May I will be joining a panel of friends who are speaking at NASIG about alternative career experiences in libraries. These are my … Continue reading →
Tomorrow during class, Karen Calhoun, Associate University Librarian for Technical Services at Cornell, will be a guest to discuss the report she authored for the Library of Congress, entitled “The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration with Other … Continue reading →
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Tagged Associate University, Congress, Cornell, Karen Calhoun, Karen Calhoun Tomorrow, Librarian for Technical Services, Library of Congress, Mark Lindner, online discussion
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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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An update about my first poll
Mark Lindner kindly pointed out to me today that some people may not know where the poll is that I mentioned in a post a few days ago. This is because if you read this post — like most people … Continue reading →