If you read my last post you saw that I was a little disappointed that I did the LITA National Forum Wiki before I learned about Wetpaint. Well Chris Kollas from Wetpaint also read that post and has offered to help me move all of the info from pbwiki to Wetpaint so that I [...]

There is another free hosted wiki option to add to the mix. Wetpaint looks pretty darn slick.
Combining the best of wikis, blogs, and forums, Wetpaint is the canvas where everyone gets a brush. From personal expression to collaboration, Wetpaint empowers you to connect with others on whatever you’re passionate about.
I kind of wish [...]

I just read about HitchHikr on 2 Cents Worth.
It's a conference aggregator for lack of a better phrase. You'll see two lists of conferences in the panel to the right. The top list includes conferences that will be happening in the next month (in red), conferences that have already happened in the last month (gray), [...]

Spead the word! I have set up an unofficial wiki for the LITA National Forum which will take place in Nashville, TN this year.
This will be my first year attending - and presenting - and I feel a little lost with the whole thing. I know that other conference wikis have helped me get [...]

Yesterday I got a call from Marydee Ojala (editor of ONLINE Magazine). She mentioned that I should keep my eye open for ideas for articles as I worked on tweaking my intranet. I mentioned that I was too busy at work right now to write and that in a couple of months I [...]

John Blyberg has a great summary post of the fiasco that seems to have started with my State of our ILS post. I advise you to read it and see all the different sides of the story. I also left a pretty long comment on John’s post, so I’ll let you read my [...]

Iris over and Pegasus Librarian has a post explaining a little bit of why our library systems are the way they are. She says that she can empathize with vendors like Innovative, but not sympathize with them.
I’d take that one step further - I empathize with the staff - the people in charge [...]

I had a nice day on the beach yesterday (even if I am a bit burnt). My in-laws were reading “beach books” but I was happily reading The Accidental Library Manager. I’m such a geek - I was so happy when the book arrived in time for my vacation that I did a [...]

Ii’m heading the beach today and may not be able to find a wireless connection - so - I may be disconnected for a while. If you leave a comment, it will be blocked as spam, but I will approve it when I get back next week. Enjoy your weekend!

Daniel Chudnov has a post over at One Big Library stating the problems with the ILS Customer Bill of Rights. While I agree with his points - he missed a big one. Since I was busy all day, someone beat me to pointing it out:
I think I understand where he is coming from. [...]

So this morning I got into work to find that I couldn’t open any of the files on our Intranet! Uh Oh!! The problem is that I get to work at 7:30am and the IT staff doesn’t arrive until 9am or later. So I twiddled my thumbs and read some blog posts. Turns [...]

Did you know that screenshots weren’t allowed on Flickr? I just read over at Tombrarian about a Wired article on this very topic. The article focuses mostly on Second Life screenshots not showing up in the public areas (like search results) - which would very annoying for the SL Library 2.0 people (including [...]

I love them!! Check out these new buttons mentioned at See Also. (It’s only right that I give credit for the first button to the Free Range Librarian).

Over at Disruptive Library Technology Jester there is a post about the future of the ILS. You all know where I stand on the issue - and Peter Murray links right to my opinions from his post.
I was out of the office yesterday presenting at LaSalle University for the LVJ Summer Institutes [...]

I sent about an hour yesterday reading through the class descriptions - and I want to take so many of the classes - I have no idea how to choose! I want to learn more about cataloging, so that I can make educated arguments regarding the choices that are out there. I’m also [...]

Yesterday I attended the PALINET Regional Spring Member Meeting at Seton Hall University in NJ. In addition to updates from the organization and member libraries, Leslie Burger and George Needham gave talks.
In preparation on the drive up I listened to the Talking with Talis podcast interview with George. George was talking about [...]

I got my acceptance letter yesterday! I am going to Drexel University for my Masters in Library and Information Science starting in September! Now it’s time to hunt for all available money.

Now Google has a competitor for Microsoft Word (Writely) and Microsoft Excel. Today I learned about Google Spreadsheets - it’s a limited test - but I’ve signed up - we’ll see how long it takes.

At the beginning of the year I set up my first MediaWiki site. It wasn’t easy to figure everything out - and there is A LOT to figure out. But now that everything is set up I have another problem - no activity.
The wiki site is my collaborative writing site Tag [...]

I want to quote the entire post found over at Free Range Librarian here, but it’s probably better that I just tell you to go read it!
Snippets to wet your pallet:
That vendor who just sold you the million-dollar system because “librarians need to help people” doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about, and his [...]

Meredith had a long post a couple of weeks ago that I saved to read when I had time - apparently I’ve been busy. I just finished reading it and I couldn’t help thinking “She’s talking about me”! While I did not (and do not) suffer from fear when participating in public speaking [...]

Most of you (over 1000 of you) have read my post on the State of our ILS. Well I recently found out that at least one of those people was from Innovative!
2 people from my library were able to attend the recent IUG (Innovative Users Group) conference in Colorado. While at a big [...]