Meredith points out that it’s not just our OPACs that suck - but also the physical spaces our libraries are located in.
It's not just that our OPACs suck. The physical layout of our space sucks. I would guess if you did a survey of patrons, they would rather have a welcoming space and good materials [...]

I was stumbling this morning and came across Plaxo. The site says:
Plaxo Basic is Plaxo's core service and is free to everyone who joins. You update your info, your friends update theirs, and everyone stays in touch! Download any of the toolbars below to access a single up-to-date address book across all of the [...]

Now that the gift giving is over, I have a ton of books to read - there is no way I can read them all before my second term starts on the 8th of January - here’s my list:

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire

XHTML and CSS Essentials for Library Web Design by Michael P. [...]

Bookpool is having an O’Reilly sale - get your computer books cheap while the sale lasts. I just placed an order for 3 - I had to cut back from the 7 I had in my cart

Social Software in LibrariesCompanion to the book by Meredith Farkas

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Yep - you read that right. My mother-in-law gave us each a candy pooing bear for a stocking stuffer this year. You have to see it in action - it’s very disturbing:

The box says: “The Sub-Zero Poopin’ Hero!” — this is just too much!!

David has tagged me! There is a new meme going around and this time I have to list 5 things you didn’t know about me — this is a hard one.

My absolute favorite song is about dealing with change by the Indigo Girls. The song title is “The Wood Song” and my friends and [...]

All of the cool kids have iPods - and now so do I My husband bought me a nano for Christmas and some nice little skins so I can pretend that I have a pretty colored iPod.
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you’re all having a great day.
 
 

Today my husband and I threw a holiday party for our families. Everyone came here and we cooked a feast. My mother and husband gave me a new digital camera. I got the FujiFilm E900 - and I must say it’s much better than my old Fuji. I took a bunch [...]

Library of Online Education Articles and Advice
Online Education Database - OEDbOEDb currently contains reviews of 429 programs from 40 accredited schools.
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If you’re like me - and done with your holiday shopping - then this post isn’t really for you - but for those of you who have procrastinated, check this out.
My Penguin: Books by the Greats, Covers by You:
Get your creative juices flowing with My Penguin, a series of six Classics we’ve recently published with [...]

Microsoft FrontPage hangs up it’s hat!
What happened to FrontPage?
After nine years of being an award-winning Web authoring tool, FrontPage will be discontinued in late 2006. We will continue to serve the diverse needs of our existing FrontPage customers with the introduction of two brand-new application building and Web authoring tools using the latest technologies: Office [...]

Well it looks like we’re at my new home - let me know if you see any problems.

I am in the process of changing web hosts - you shouldn’t notice anything - but I might lose some comments if you leave any between now and the time this is all finished. Just thought I should let everyone know Have a happy holiday!!

According to the Gartner Group, blogging is set to peak at 100 million blogs in 2007.
The analysts said that during the middle of next year the number of blogs will level out at about 100 million.
The firm has said that 200 million people have already stopped writing their blogs.

Well - best game as of today
I have been playing this awesome scrabble-like role-playing game (yes, I wrote that right) called Bookworm Adventures recently. This game is awesome! And educational! What more can you ask for?
You play the part of Lex - the bookworm. Lex is trying to save Cassandra (the princess), [...]

HTML Color Code Combination Chooser
Color Scheme Generator 2
Color Schemer - Online Color Scheme Generator
ColorBlender
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TechSoup has an article on How to Use MySpace to Raise Awareness:
Designed to help like-minded individuals and organizations connect and share information, social networks are showing promise as low-cost, high-impact marketing channels because they are both highly visited and highly targeted. In particular, many nonprofits are starting to set up profiles on social-networking sites like [...]

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WEB 2.0 and Its Technologies for Collaborative Library CommunicationThis article will provide an introduction to Web 2.0 for libraries and will attempt to bring to light a few notable, free Web- based interactive communication tools that can help librarians and other educators seamlessly access, create, organize, and diss
Disconnects Between Library Culture and Millennial [...]

This is something every student should have. I read my textbooks while commuting to and from work - this means the highlighter is held between my teeth while I carefully hold my book so as not to invade on other’s personal space. The booksling is the answer to this awkward situation.

Don’t our politicians have something better do with their time?
John McCain has made clear that he doesn't like the blogosphere.
Now he has introduced legislation that would treat blogs like Internet service providers and hold them responsible for all activity in the comments sections and user profiles.
Found Via LISNews which found it via [...]

Christina quotes an email from Ulrich’s Web:
The new “RSS Available” Advanced Search limiter makes it possible for users to identify the growing number of periodicals that are providing headlines, recent issues or other content via RSS (Really Simple Syndication). An RSS feed provides content via XML files that are then read by an RSS reader [...]

There is a nice little post over at the Meeblog about librarians’ use of Meebo and Meebo Me.
Turns out that locked-down computers, reference librarians who always want to be in touch with their patrons, and the desire to make libraries fun and friendly have given meebo and meebo me the perfect opportunity to shine.
I actually [...]

That’s right - Jenkins Law Library finally has a Flickr account. I have been uploading pictures - most of them are private, but there are still a bunch for everyone to see. Check out our page at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenkinslawlibrary.

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