Lost in Yuma!?

Is there anything more embarrassing than realizing you put “Street” instead of “Drive” into your GPS unit and ended up across town in a residential neighborhood, instead of at your workshop, on time?

In spite of that, and several technological difficulties, we had a fun time playing with Web 2.0 tech in the AZ State Library Workshop in Yuma on Monday May 3. Slides, links and other resources follow after the break.

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GSLIS Online Course: They’re Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals

I’m so excited to be co-teaching this 4-week Simmons GSLIS Continuing Education Online Course in May 2010 with my dear friend & colleague, Jason Puckett. Register now at http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/careers/continuing-education/register.php.
 
They’re Googling You: Online Identity for LIS Professionals
 
Description: Should you separate your professional online identity from the personal, and if so, how?
 

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OLA Session 1816: Get Your Game On! Gaming in the Library

Thanks to those of you who attended the session on Gaming  at the Ontario Library Association Superconference in Toronto on Saturday February 27, 2010! Slides, handouts and links from the session follow after the break.

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OLA #1318: Beasts in the Fair Garden

Thanks to those of you who attended the session on Teen Behavior strategies and preventative measures at the Ontario Library Association Superconference in Toronto on February 26, 2010! Slides, audio, handouts and links from the session follow.

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Mystery Reader’s Advisory to Youth

Thanks to the Boxford (MA) Village Library for inviting me to do a staff training on Reader’s Advisory: Mystery Genre for Youth. This is part of an ongoing series with grant funding provided through an IMLS/LSTA grant administered by the MA Board of Library Commissioners; additional funding is provided by the Friends of the Boxford Town Libraries. Slides and handouts follow after the break.

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Early Birthday Gift

I’ve been asking for a hardcover set of the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder since college. This year, when my mother asked what I wanted for my birthday, I pointed out that if she’d bought me one book a year since I started asking, I’d now have the entire set, in hardcover. I happened to hit her up right after she got her tax return, and to my shock, she sent hubby online to eBay and wrote him a check. The seller had all nine books, plus three others, AND the cookbook and album. WOW! They are in great condition, with nice new book jackets, and only slightly yellowed pages. Happy early birthday to me! I wonder if I can get them all re-read before Alex award considerations begin arriving…