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- No recent blog posts. I must be busy with other things right now. Sorry.
- Jul 21, 2011
- 12:28 Bookmarked: Google Plus and The Social Media Moonshot
- 12:03 Bookmarked: County Government Works Campaign
- Jul 20, 2011
- 15:24 Liked: weelibrarian: i'm looking for neat and cheap library swag to give away to undergrads. in the past, we've done bottles, mugs and toothbrushes. got any neat ideas you could share with me?
- Jul 19, 2011
- 22:24
one way I'm trying to beat the heat - 20:45 Tweeted: if you look closely at http://ow.ly/5IC7o , you'll see many of the people I'll be honored to be working with in the coming years #ala11
- 19:46 Tweeted: Don't miss it! RT @amazonmp3: Today's special: the brand-new They Might Be Giants album, Join Us, for just $3.99. http://amzn.to/nMvVkB
- 12:20 Tweeted: "taking on new roles & offering new services w/o dropping other services. This is a recipe for disaster" - @vonburkhardt http://ow.ly/5HZcV
- 10:30 Tweeted: @librarianjp did you know that the awesome @daveyp will be at #alamw12? I think the new GameRT should ask him to talk about @librarygame :)
- 06:58 Liked: Marianne: I'm really looking forward to today's agenda, especially the game night with Scott Nicholson. Right now, I'm ILLing an article that he's mentioned twice already: Betting, billiards and smoking: leisure in public libraries. Snape, R.; Leisure Studies, 1992, 11, 3, pp 187-199... Gaming in libraries goes back to at least the 1800s!
- Jul 18, 2011
- 21:00 Tweeted: "Remember- you can’t do everything! You can, however, do ANYTHING." - @valibrarian http://t.co/O770S7Q #ala11
- 13:30 Posted: July 14, 2011 Meeting Notes
- Jul 17, 2011
- 20:18
squash tendrils opening - 20:17
squash tendrils opening - 20:17
squash tendrils opening - 20:17
Kathryn in the vegetable garden, which is doing very well this year - 20:17
the serrano peppers are starting to come in! - 20:17
rocketship squash - 20:17
Feed Me, Seymour - 20:17
flowers - 20:16
flowers - 12:56 Tweeted: I just got a $5 credit for instant movies and TV shows @amazonvideo. Click http://amzn.to/oXQePf to get yours. #get5
- Jul 16, 2011
- 16:21 Tweeted: just finished Mockingjay (The Final Book of The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins. hrmph. http://amzn.to/feeJYt #Kindle
- Jul 15, 2011
- 12:35 Liked: jtf: What does it benefit my small private college to have a membership to ACRL? Besides getting a print copy of their magazines.
- Jul 14, 2011
- 21:08
Freedom! (dog park) - 20:28
Dog park - 16:09 Tweeted: @dcbcd you're welcome! couldn't have your return trip home be as disastrous as your morning one in because you had to walk home....
- 12:40 Tweeted: "your best people need to be on the biggest opportunities, not your biggest problems" - @acornsandnuts - I <3 this! #ala11
- 11:59 Tweeted: it's a req that turns me off from a business :p RT @theanalogdivide: @theGoLibrarians What's a check? :) #libchat
- 11:57 Tweeted: @theanalogdivide I'm not saying we should emulate those services; I'm equating positive changes in persnl lives to opportunity 4 lib changes
- 11:55 Tweeted: @lostinlibraria agreed, but if we can relate how positive changes in their personal lives have helped, it might resonate with them #libchat
- 11:48 Tweeted: Q2. I've likened the need for changes in libraries to banking. Do staff want to go back to pre-ATMs and online bill-pay? #libchat
- 10:56 Tweeted: RT @nataliebinder: If you have some Qs for #libchat, you can tweet them at me now so we can jump right in at 12:30. #ala11
- 10:49 Bookmarked: H&R Block's Response Process
- 10:09
Tomatillos! - 07:46 Tweeted: @dcbcd sadly, I don't think Dan Savage gave us permission to archive his talk, but I'll ask. I missed the first half & would love to see it.
- 07:45 Tweeted: @dcbcd I'm on a train! (queue Old Spice whistle)
- 07:40 Tweeted: @dcbcd at this rate, we'll get to work just in time to wait on buses to come home....
- 07:32 Tweeted: @dcbcd in other news, are you sitting on the stuck @metrabnsf train we're anxiously awaiting that's 12+ minutes late?
- 07:31 Tweeted: @dcbcd we will, yes. both @zephoria's and @rdlankes' #ala11 keynotes will be available in an archive after 7/18
- 07:10 Tweeted: RT @kdeiss: Hear @rdlankes, author of @ALA_ACRL's The Atlas of New Librarianship, at 8:30 CDT today at #ala11 Virtual! http://t.co/WzC50he
- Jul 13, 2011
- 22:55 Tweeted: Dan Savage on Colbert last night (#ala11 NOLA), David McCullough on tonight (#ala11 virtual conference today) - it's the #ALA bump!
- 15:29 Tweeted: @bohyunkim Yes, you'll get an email next week with #ala11 access info
- 15:25 Tweeted: @bohyunkim #ala11 NOLA attendees automatically get access to the virtual conference /archive/ after July 18
- 15:15 Tweeted: #ala11 Virtual Conference attendees- this is good advice from Sue Hutley about asking questions. I'm here to answer your #ALA ?s! #alacivics
- 14:25 Posted: July 14, 2011 Agenda
- 09:10 Posted: GGMIG Meeting Notes, June 25, 2011
- Jul 12, 2011
- 23:43 Tweeted: @blatz911 Not as good as the first book but okay. Hoping the third book is stronger.
- 23:25 Tweeted: RT @zephoria: Oh, librarians, how I love thee. Looking forward to tomorrow's #ala11 virtual conference. (...register: http://t.co/jaFA9gO )
- 15:53 Tweeted: @theanalogdivide you'll receive an email tonight with instructions for accessing the #ala11 virtual conference
- 15:08 Tweeted: @acornsandnuts @theanalogdivide NOLA attendees get access to the virtual conference archives after July 18
- 15:03 Tweeted: @theanalogdivide you registered for the virtual conference separately from NOLA reg?
- 13:58 Liked: Katy S: It seems like every time I go to ALA's website, something about the design makes me sad. Today, it was when I looked at the page for the current winner of the Printz book award. http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/printzaward/Printz.cfm
- 08:47 Tweeted: @stray let the ripping begin today....
- 08:34 Tweeted: just finished Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins http://amzn.to/eeweFD #Kindle
- Jul 11, 2011
- 21:26
Annual 2011 was a really great conference - 21:25
Downtown Chicago - 21:24
Sweet Home Chicago - 21:24
Sweet Home Chicago - 21:23
It's the snail from Doctor Doolittle - 21:00 Tweeted: @thetechchat Do you mind if I ask you some questions about your Asus Transformer via email? jenny [at] theshiftedlibrarian.com if ok.
- 07:55 Tweeted: +1 RT @dcbcd: Hey @metrabnsf: when are you actually going to enforce the quiet car rules? No one on the 730 express from Lisle enforces them
- Jul 10, 2011
- 22:09 Tweeted: @denkdp it's so worth it. we still need to go together :)
- 13:43
Man hug - 13:43
2011 Champion Irm Brown with 2010 Champion Jason Griffey - Jul 9, 2011
- 09:03 Tweeted: @joeyanne fly somewhere cheaper & take the train? @wordshore might b able to advise u on that. (brainstorming cuz wld luv u 2 b EL!) cc @awd
- Jul 8, 2011
- 16:38 Tweeted: @JanieH gah - sorry. can you send me a screenshot at jlevine [at] ala.org ?
- 14:15 Liked: Abigail: Filling out the 2011 ALA Annual Conference Survey. 18. Please indicate if you're a member of any of the following ALA units.----LITA is not listed, despite being a rather large division.
- 13:05 Tweeted: @jeffjarvis Check it out- you're the quarterback for publicness. Thx again for speaking at #ala11 - your talk was great! http://ow.ly/5A06y
- 11:14 Tweeted: @heidisteiner @itsjustkate there's definitely a way in the chat settings. I don't remember how I did it, but I turned it off a while ago
- 10:43 Tweeted: @awd my productivity is shot as I try to recover from the emotion #STS135
- 10:35 Tweeted: cosign RT @jenica26: totally crying in my office. I can't believe we're never going to do that again.
- 10:30 Liked: Jenica: totally crying in my office. I can't believe we're never going to do that again.
- 08:35 Liked: Aaron the Librarian: Based on a few threads recently, I wonder: has LSW morphed from an irreverent, definitely not a professional, association into just another forum where everyone feels the need (and or expects everyone else) to be on their best job interview behavior? #navelgazing
- Jul 7, 2011
- 23:31 Tweeted: @aarontay I'm honored to have had my pic taken with you. Only wish we'd had time to talk. Glad you could come to #ala11 http://ow.ly/5zrQt
- 22:56 Tweeted: @librarian_kate @joeyanne correct but there are forums, updates, & discussion groups, so there r lots of ways around the "no programs" thing
- 22:54 Tweeted: @daveyp @joeyanne that's a rhetorical question, right? ;-) definitely, and I think the path is thru @ALA_ACRL. paging @kdeiss
- 16:00 Tweeted: @joeyanne pointing @daveyp to http://ow.ly/5zeNX so thx. technically Midwinter doesn't have "programs" but send me details & we'll talk :)
- 15:03 Bookmarked: Brushtail: an open source intranet
- 14:05 Tweeted: @dianekauppi booo, I'm sorry we didn't get to meet in person, too. NTS: make sure this doesn't happen again.
- 14:04 Tweeted: @thatandromeda well, you get free access afterward. we can't afford to give all 20,000+ attendees access in real-time. I still swooned, tho
- 13:48 Tweeted: @librarian_kate also, NOLA attendees will get free access to the archive of the virtual conf starting on July 18....
- 13:47 Tweeted: @librarian_kate well, all I can say is that you have to go thru the Annual reg process again to register for the virtual conf. sorries :(
- 13:25 Tweeted: makes me happy to say I'm seriously excited for next week's #ala11 Virtual Conf -check out this schedule for only $69! http://ow.ly/5yPAP
- 10:45 Tweeted: What do you think? RT @amlibraries: ALA Membership Blog: Member Satisfaction Survey Report http://dlvr.it/ZJYP7 #alacivics
- Jul 6, 2011
- 11:19 Liked: Aaron the Librarian: Based on this morning's conversations on Facebook's ALA Think Tank: I'm thinking libraryland needs an Awesome Foundation. If you'll commit to funding $100/month for awesome library related projects, drop me a message - I've already contacted the Awesome Foundation to set up a Library Chapter. http://awesomefoundation.org/
- Jul 5, 2011
- 15:36 Bookmarked: coolendar
- 09:05 Liked: ellbeecee: I just got an email from ALA that was confirmation that I attended. Is this new? I don't think I've ever gotten one of these before (as far as I know I don't need it, but I understand that some workplaces might want them).
- Jul 4, 2011
- 21:55 Bookmarked: Sprint Community: Space: Samsung Epic
- Jul 1, 2011
- 07:40 Liked: ωαřмaiden ♥s her Otto: Revising proposed LLAMA session for ALA 2012 per committee's request, despite rave attendee reviews from this year. Finding that the changes they want me to make reflect why I (and others I've spoken with) find LLAMA so irrelevant. Tempted to tell them I'll just take the awesome elsewhere rather than dilute it to get the Crusties' approval. #cranky
- Jun 26, 2011
- 14:41 Liked: ~Courtney F.: trying valiantly to catch up to catch up with @awd http://yfrog.com/ke7r7cjj
- Jun 22, 2011
- 08:49 Liked: Rachel Walden: Curious because I don't follow a ton of regular library/ALA-type stuff - has there been any pushback about Orson Scott Card speaking at ALA? Just learned about it from another medlib. Is there a crew of people keeping him and Dan Savage apart? WTF?
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