Well that wasn’t an easy task.
I had a list of about 25 classes I wanted to take and I only need 12. I want to finish in 1 year (3 classes a term) so I had to narrow my list because of class offerings. I then narrowed my list based on classes I [...]

How cool is this? I did a search for Sunday Circulars because I want to go out and buy another bookshelf. I visited Target’s site and right away an RSS button jumped out at me on the left side of the page. See here.
You can get the Sunday specials delivered to your aggregator! [...]

Meredith Farkas has a great post over on TechEssence - Continuous Learning: Making it a Priority Without Breaking the Bank:
Our field is changing at an almost bewildering speed. Libraries all over the world are coming up with new technologies, new ways to adapt technologies for libraries, and new ways to provide services to patrons every [...]

I just learned about GuruLib - another personal library indexing package. How is this one different? It lets you keep track of which shelf you have the books/movies/cds/games on in your house!!
That would be great - I always say to my husband “it’s on the shelf in the office” and he says “no [...]

You don’t have to have an MLS to be a librarian. The MLS doesn’t teach passion, empathy, user focused skills, or provide experience. Some library science schools don’t even teach you how to perform research well.
That from Library Stuff. It’s nice to read.
You all know I’m going for my MLS, but I’ve [...]

From Library Journal:
The opposition of the American Library Association to H.R. 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA) apparently made little impression on those in the House of Representatives, as they voted 410-15 yesterday to endorse the bill. “This unnecessary and overly broad legislation will hinder students’ ability to engage in distance learning and block [...]

Most of you already know of this tool - or one like it - but I keep forgetting what’s it’s called and then I have to search for it - so here you go. To combine RSS feeds into one simple feed use something like FeedShake which not only lets you combine feeds, but [...]

I just attended an amazing webinar hosted by the SirsiDynix Institute on Library Conflict Management. The presenter was Pat Wagner of Pattern Research - amazing speaker - website could use some work (sorry Pat).
This was the first webinar I had attended with 400 people in it! We did some surveys at the beginning to [...]

Okay, last night I had one of those dreams that makes you wake up mad! I’m sure you’ve all had them - so you can understand how I started my morning in a bad mood only to read 2 lines on 2 different blogs that set me off!!
#1 - Chad of Library Voice included a [...]

So the host I use had a huge server crash - 2 of the sites I have hosted on it are down and have been for over 24 hours. Why am I lucky? Because this site is hosted at the same place - on a different machine!! I did however backup last night and [...]

Today I attended a session at the PA Bar Institute that was supposed to share 60 tips in 60 minutes. We didn’t quite get to hear all 60, but there were some fun things I wanted to share with you all (and some productive things I’m going to test before I share).

The USB Beverage [...]

I gave 2 presentations today at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, and a presenter there said that Bloglines won’t be free much longer. I don’t know where he got his information - I wanted to see if any of you had heard this?? Can you point me to an article or some documentation about what’s [...]

I was just catching up on my news reading and found an article on the ALA site about Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA).
The House of Representatives held hearings July 11 on whether schools and libraries should be made ineligible for e-rate funding unless they bar minors from access to social-networking websites like MySpace and Friendster. [...]

I just logged into Amazon to find that there is a link to my plog on the right side column. What is a Plog? I’m still not sure - here’s what the page says:
Your Amazon.com Plog is a personalized web log that appears on your customer home page. Every person’s Plog is different (hence [...]

I just read about CrossOSS on Download Squad. It’s a database of Open Source applications that lists which operating systems each will run on. There’s not much there yet, but this is a handy resource to keep your eyes on.

Yesterday my husband got some great news! He has recently designed a card game (a fun one) and a small game company wants him to send them a copy so they can decide if they want to distribute it. He was also mentioned on a gamer podcast!! I just had to share!

FINALLY! Just what I was looking for.
coComment let’s you keep track of your comments on other blogs - and any comments that come after yours!

Installing the handy extension for Firefox makes it so that a little bar appears under the comment box on the blog page you’re on. You can click the [...]

I should start by saying that I do not pay the extra fee for text messages on my phone - so I won’t be using this service - but that doesn’t make it any less cool.
I just read about twttr on TechCrunch.
Odeo released a new service today called Twttr, which is a sort of “group [...]

SlimTimer is a nifty little tool that I read about on TechCrunch. It provides you with a web based personal timer. This is great for people who work from home or work for time. You can keep track of your time and then run reports for both yourself and anyone else who [...]

I just realized how long it has been since I’ve written anything. I’m trying to get things organized around the house before I start classes. I’m currently reading The Accidental Systems Librarian. In addition, at work I’m working on a huge project to replace the software we’re using for ILL. So [...]

Just a reminder that the unofficial wiki is up and running - and waiting for people to start entering information. This will be my first year at LITA and my first time in TN, so I don’t have much to contribute, but I’d really like to see some veterans participating in this collaborative project.
Technorati [...]

I just finished installing Now Reading - a plugin for WordPress. I’m having some pretty major issues with it so I might have to uninstall it, but I really don’t want to.
I get MySQL errors when I add and edit books. You’ll also find that links to certain books don’t work. Lastly, [...]

As you know I will start my Masters program with Drexel Online in just 2 months! I was interested in what this online learning experience was going to be like so I’m reading Teach Beyond Your Reach by Robin Neidorf. Since the book is geared toward teachers (not students) there are a few [...]

That’s right the Second Life Library crew has written a feature article for Serious Game Source. If you still haven’t read about this project, here’s a good overview of what’s being done. I haven’t been as active lately as I should be, but the more people that are involved the better!

Jessamyn has posted a great image over at librarian.net. The image shows a chart that explains a library director’s job. I think all employees should have to create a chart like this. I think that if we all had one of these we could show them to our board members when we’re [...]