I know that my first week isn’t over yet - but I wanted to share what I’ve learned so far.
First, the people and the library are awesome! As you all know (if you’re in the working world) that is the most important thing to look for in a job!
Second, metadata is cool! I can’t [...]

I know that the link has been up for a while - but it looks much more populated now. If you missed CIL and want to see some of the presentations take a look on the InfoToday site. When you find a presentation you like you can do a blog post search to [...]

Tutorials GardenTutorials Garden is an ultimate place for tutorials on world’s most using tools and software. Users can find free tutorials and articles and authors can get targeted visitors for their website by submitting tutorials on Tutorials Garden.

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Hugh McLeod, gapingvoid.com (Creative Commons)

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mynoteITAn online note taking tool for students.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Web 2.0 ‘neglecting good design’Hype about Web 2.0 is making web firms neglect the basics of good design, web usability guru Jakob Nielsen [...]

Well, you can’t say I didn’t give it a real try - after sticking with Google Reader I just couldn’t get over the problems I was having - so I’m back at Bloglines with an updated (shareable) list of feeds.
Basically I liked the reading interface and the fact that I couldn’t accidentally click on a [...]

Via VentureBeat:
Did you know our primitive brains weren't wired very well to read this paragraph?
Scientific research conducted by Walker Reading Technologies, a small Minnesota startup that has been studying our ability to read for the last ten years, has concluded that the natural field of focus for our eyes is circular, so our eyes view [...]

Logging in before work I find that I have 4 stumbles waiting for me in Firefox. This is the other secret to keeping up - team work! RayAna Park (Web Developer at Jenkins Law Library) subscribes to a bunch of feeds that I don’t - but that’s okay because she makes sure to [...]

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T. Scott: Lookin’ For A Ladder…Experience rarely yields wisdom. It certainly doesn’t necessarily make one more capable at anything. And we’re at a point in our profession where the change we are undergoing is so dramatic that experience can [...]

At least once a week I hear from someone who is shocked at how I can juggle everything .. apparently I’m not alone.
I was chatting with a librarian friend of mine about general library stuff. I happened to mention a statistic I had read in a recent article - one I got through [...]

Via Sites & Soundbytes:
Pipl is a new search engine for people.  It is unique in that it isn’t an address or email search, but instead searches for the person throughout the Net.  Results will show quick facts, which for me are remarkably accurate, contact details which show my last three addresses, web pages, and links [...]

You don’t look like a librarian!
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PidginPidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once.

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In addition to everything else, I have finished registering for my summer classes - my last term!!
This term I’m taking:

Information Services in Orgs (Info 643)

Library Automation (Info 664)

Medical Bibliography (Info 675)

Should be interesting!

This was my last day at Jenkins Law Library. I got lots of well wishes and some great handmade gifts!
I also heard some great things today like:

“You made my job so much easier!”
“I learned a lot from you”
and “This is the worst day ever”

It’s hard to believe that it has [...]

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The Women Who Drive Library Technology - 5/1/2007 - Library Journal

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PEW has a quick quiz to help you figure out where you fit in with other Internet users. Thanks Steve for pointing it out for me.
My results are not surprising. I’m an Omnivore!
Omnivores make up 8% of the American public.
Basic Description
Members of this group use their extensive suite of technology tools to do [...]

Did I miss the change? Today I went to LibraryJournal.com to check out the newest issue and found a completely new interface. New things I’ve noticed are:

The colors have changed - I think.
At the top of the stories there are a bunch of “Story Tools”
On the right there are easy to access collaboration [...]

Last fall I wrote about David Weinberger’s keynote at KMWorld. He mentioned that a lot of what he was talking about would be in his upcoming book - Everything is Miscellaneous. After leaving that room I promptly added the book to my wishlist and waited patiently.
Well, the book has finally been [...]

Richard Wallis at Talis has an interesting post on a possible solution to the ILS user interface design issue. Richard mentions the biggest issue (one we all know about - but can’t seem to solve) - library users are different! Lawyers are different then students who are different than senior citizens who are [...]

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Information Pollution, Knowledge Overload, Limited Attention Spans, and Our Responsibilities as IS Professionals by David Bray

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It’s finally here! My official letter. I can now share my good news with you all (I gave you a teaser earlier). I have accepted the position of Cataloging & Metadata Librarian at Princeton Theological Seminary.
I will be working in the Special Collections department on digitization projects. The library is awesome and [...]

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Onopoly - Multi-site promotion of information productsOnopoly is a network of sites of interest to people working in information-related roles around the world.
Mozilla working on Firefox Companion for eBay - Download Squad
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Saving Digital History - 4/15/2007 - netConnectArchivists and librarians share similar challenges [...]