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Information Wants To Be Free


What we (not just Movers and Shakers) need

I know some people really want to be named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal. It is a great feeling to be honored like that… or at least it should be. But I think few people who have not...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 5 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: librarianship, management
My next big project

I often tease my husband about his need to always be involved in a project. He’s always got to be working on something outside of his “day job”, whether it’s cleaning out his...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 6 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: vermont, about me, blogging, career, speaking
Teaching the “soft skills” in library school

From the library school survey, looking at the list of skills and competencies people think are important for librarians to have, there are a lot of “soft skills” on that list. You...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: librarianship, library school
Library school survey results

A few weeks ago, I posted a survey to Survey Monkey to get people’s views about their library school education and what they think should be taught in library school that isn’t (or...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: free the information!, instruction, librarianship, library school
How I got started blogging

A student in the class I’m teaching for San Jose State University asked me the following the other day: How did people first learn about your blog? Do you have a previous blog post on how it...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: about me, blogging, job search, library school, social software
Future of LIS education?

In October, I’m speaking at a conference in Reykjavik, Iceland entitled The Future is here: Are we prepared? New thinking in education for public librarians. (PDF). My talk is entitled...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: libraries, library school, speaking
Consistency or effectiveness in instruction and assessment

The part of my still new-ish job that causes my the most worry is assessment. I’d hoped to have time this summer to do some serious research on information literacy assessment and get some good...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 4 weeks ago • 0 responses
Tags: work, assessment, instruction, libraries
PALINET Leadership Network

Walt Crawford started his work on the PALINET Leadership Network site less than a year ago, but already, he has made it a terrific resource for people in our profession. Some of the articles on the...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 1 month ago • 0 responses
Tags: wikis, work, librarianship, libraries
SOPAC 2.0 at Darien Public Library

Run, don’t walk to check out the Darien Public Library’s awesome new Drupal-based website along with the John Blyberg-designed new-and-improved SOPAC 2.0. I, for one, am totally impressed...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 1 month ago • 0 responses
Tags: free the information!, libraries, open source, our digital future, social software
Reinventing the Rook Tour

Last week was one of the most stressful, but also most satisfying, weeks I’ve had at work. That week, we did our “rook tours” which are orientations to the library for the new...

Started in Information Wants To Be Free • 1 month ago • 0 responses
Tags: mpow, work, instruction, libraries, screencasting