Well, it was time for a change here at What I Learned Today… and so I spent yesterday and today trying to perfect a new theme. I know most of you read this through an aggregator, but if you get a chance visit the site and let me know what you think.

You may be wondering why I’ve been quiet for the last week or so - or maybe you knew that I was on vacation. In honor of my last day before starting work again, I’m going to share what I’ve learned on my vacation.

Boston is a great place to go for a weekend (if [...]

I just announced that I was published in a book - now I get to announce that I will be editing my own book!! Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data will be a compilation of chapters about library mashups!! This is going to be a very exciting project with a [...]

My first book contribution has been printed!! I wrote 2 chapters for Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians.
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Professionals in all areas of librarianship will find inspiration in the essays collected here—each of them innovative tips for increasing circulation, enhancing collections, and improving flexibility. With extensive experience in the nation’s top [...]

This is pretty neat:

Get your own at retagger.

I am certainly not someone who is very green - but I do try to do my part. I recycle at home and grow my own herbs and try to shop at the farmers market when possible. The best way I can go green is to not print handouts for the classes I [...]

I will be doing 2 Tech Talks in South Jersey at the end of the month. If you’re in the area, sign up and come learn something new.
This two hour tech talk will explain the basic concepts of many web 2.0 tools and demonstrate how you can practically use them to manage information and [...]

Boy am I busy! Here’s my upcoming events:

Online Office Tools (Learn More)Princeton Public Library Tech Talks, Princeton, NJ, May 6, 2008
The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs (Learn More)Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Princeton, NJ, May 22, 2008
Practically Web 2.0: Practical demonstrations of Social Software Technology (Learn More)Cumberland County Library, Bridgeton, NJ, May [...]

If you’re around and want to join in a class I’m giving on open source, please join me at the Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative on April 2, 2008. Learn more.

Earlier this week I was lucky enough to join in a podcast recording with the new Library 2.0 Gang:
I’m often asked when we are going to bring back the regular Library 2.0 Gang podcast show, especially after the special we did on Roy Tennant’s Library Software Manifesto, back in December.
The great news is that the [...]

I have created a set on Flickr with a ton of pictures from the recent Code4Lib conference in Portland - as you see - I didn’t get out of the hotel much, but I did review each restaurant we ate in.
Technorati Tags: code4lib, code4lib2008, yelp, flickr, code4libcon2008

Beau
Originally uploaded by nengard
Everyone asks me how I’m handling working at home. Well - when you have this face next to you on the couch and a laptop on your lap - how could you not love working from home? [update] For those who are wondering - Coda is at [...]

So far, here’s my spring schedule:

Open Source for Libraries: All Grown Up — Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association (GPLLA), March 5, 2008

The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs — South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, Voorhees, NJ, March 11, 2008

Attending PLA Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN - May 24 - May 28, 2008

Open Source for [...]

My new Macbook thanks me
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This week I’m in Ohio to learn about my new job at LibLime. First on the agenda - learn how to use a Mac … yikes!
So far, I’m pretty impressed, I keep hitting the wrong buttons and can’t figure out where the home and [...]

I know this has nothing to do with technology or libraries - but I’m proud of my little baby so…
Look who’s on Sheltie Nation today. This is our baby Coda. And have you seen her other famous posts? One from when we moved and the other from when she was a baby
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The news is out! I have been offered (and accepted) the position of Open Source Evangelist at LibLime. It seems like only yesterday I joined the staff at the Princeton Theological Seminary, but you never know when fate is going to step in. I’m going to miss working with the amazing people at [...]

This year I’m going to try something different - I’m going to try and juggle blogging in two places. This past year I have been blogging at the SLA-IT Blogging section blog every once in a while - but starting in 2008 I will be the Blogging Section chair and as such responsible for [...]

Where have I been? Well, on Sunday I picked up a new pup. He was a rescue and has claimed a lot of my attention these last few days. On top of that I went to a training seminar in Harrisburg hosted by Palinet on Metadata Standards and Applications. These two [...]

I can’t believe I forgot to bring my camera to a conference!! I guess I’ll have to make up for it by taking double the pictures tomorrow. Along the lines of absentmindedness I also forgot my wallet today … not a good start to the week.

It’s finally here - I promised that I’d write this ages ago, but I wanted to get my thoughts in order.
When I started at Drexel a little over a year ago, I was completely panicked! I hadn’t been in school for 5 years and when I graduated last time I had sworn that I [...]

That’s right folks, it’s official. I now have my final grades and am done with library school! I am now an MLIS graduate of Drexel University (and will be paying for the rest of my life). I’ve promised a what I learned in library school post - and it’s coming, I just wanted [...]

I have a lot in the works during the next two months so I thought I’d share the list with you all:

The 2.0 Office: More Than Just Wikis & Blogs SLA Philadelphia Chapter, Philadelphia, PA, September 18, 2007
Office Communication the 2.0 WayLawrenceville, NJ, September 20, 2007
Web 2.0 and the HumanitiesNFAIS - Humanities Roundtable, New York, [...]

Ages ago I mentioned that I was going to put this blog into OCLC and by extension WorldCat. I didn’t want to submit the record without consulting a few experts (Jennifer Lang and Christine Schwartz — thank you both) so it took a bit longer than I expected. Since you can’t see my [...]

I just called my husband into the room to share in my momentous occasion. I have submitted my final MLIS paper ever!!! That’s right folks, while I do not have my final grades yet, the work is done!!! Now I can come home from work and veg if I want to, I [...]

I have updated my Publications & Presentations page to include some upcoming items:

Pending: "How to Start Your Own Blog," and "The Quickie Wiki,"
In Librarians Beyond the Circ Desk: Innovative Librarianship Today. McFarland Publishers, Inc. Jefferson, NC. Expected 2008.
Out Front With Stephen Abram: A Guide For Information Leaders (Book Review)
Journal of Web Librarianship, vol. 1, no. [...]