If you do social media for your library and are not a member of this Facebook group, you better correct that. It’s a great place to share ideas and articles and discuss social media in libraries. I try to check in regularly, even though I am more of a twitter and tumblr user personally. A few… Continue reading Libraries & Social Media: Facebook (Part 1)
Category: library life
Rewind: July 2014
You may have noticed (or not noticed) that I took the month off from blogging. After coming back from ALA, I got busy with my summer class, packing up my apartment and moving to a new house, and packing up my office and the rest of the library with my co-workers and moving into the… Continue reading Rewind: July 2014
I’m heading to ALA!
Very early this morning, I’m heading to Las Vegas for the American Library Association Annual Conference. I’ve been to the YALSA Lit Symposium and Book Expo America, but I’ve never been to the big annual conference. I’m hoping to learn a lot, have fun, and meet lots of people I know through the Internet.… Continue reading I’m heading to ALA!
Inspiration, Citation, and Collaboration: Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
I’ve been thinking about a sort of sticky topic this week. It all started when I was exploring my library’s new Bibliocommons catalog (that I am absolutely in love with). I was clicking away and saw some lists created by a major library (lists! of books! I love booklists!) and it include a link to… Continue reading Inspiration, Citation, and Collaboration: Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Social Media and Readers’ Advisory: Tumblr
Today I’m in Kansas City at a MALA workshop talking about my favorite things: cats, books, libraries, and tumblr. You can find the slides and additional information from the half day workshop at Kaite Stover’s wiki, but here’s the outline and lots of links to accompany my talk. You can also view my slides in… Continue reading Social Media and Readers’ Advisory: Tumblr
wrapped up in books 