eclectic librarian

I made my debut on Uncontrolled Vocabulary the other evening. Everyone on the call were folks I had met at one point while at Computers in Libraries last week, and it kind of made my heart ache a little less to hear them all again. I called in on the ShoePhone, but it was glitchy, [...]

or… Nine Things From CiL That Are Made Of Awesome
9. Meeting a bunch of people I have admired from afar for many years but have never had a chance to talk to in person.
8. Having too many concurrent sessions to choose from.
7. According to the folks who attended the Pecha Kucha, it was an informative [...]

Speaker: Steven M. “I’m just sayin’” Cohen
[More links to cool stuff that I did not included can be found at the presentation wiki linked above.]
Google Reader is now more popular than Bloglines, which Cohen thinks has to do with the amount of money that Google can sink into it. Both have tools that tell you [...]

Speaker: Sarah Houghton-Jan
It’s important to invest in staff training to build staff skills and morale, in addition to improving customer service. It takes time and money, which are not often plentiful. Evaluate where you are and what you need to get to where you want to be: planning & brainstorming to creation to assessment to [...]

Speaker: Greg Notess
His talk summarizes points from his Computers in Libraries articles on the same topic, so go find them if you want more details than what I provide.
It takes time to find the right query/database, and to determine the best terminology to use in order to find what you are seeking. Keystroke economy makes [...]