I find the topic of library blogs and blogging fascinating. As such, I always look forward to Walt Crawford’s commentaries about the topic. In this vein, I did buy a copy (pdf version) of his latest book, But Still They Blog. I admit that the statistical analysis made my head spin a bit (I get [...]
Archive for December, 2009
But Still They Blog – Walt Crawford
Posted in book review, library on December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Winds of Change
Posted in library, systems department on December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I guess it is only natural that people become reflective as milestones approach. Soon, we will say goodbye to 2009 – which oddly enough was a fairly decent year – and I find that I can’t help but think about the past 12 months and what I have and or have not accomplished at work. [...]
Another Ride on the Roller Coaster of Web Site Redesign
Posted in web design, tagged library web design on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things that prompted me to begin blogging again was an incident that happened at work on the Friday before Thanksgiving. I had a meeting with our college’s web editor to discuss various outstanding issues. To be honest, I couldn’t quite remember what the outstanding issues actually were; we had both been putting [...]
My Work Bete Noire
Posted in web design on December 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Overall, I love working as a systems librarian. And I generally feel quite confident in my abilities to support technology in the library. However, I have very mixed feelings about the fact that I am responsible for the library’s web presence(s). This is no easy task – and one that causes me extreme angst. In [...]
Deja Vu All Over Again
Posted in library, personal, tagged blogging, day to day, personal on December 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Because I felt that my primary library-related interests have shifted significantly since completing my masters in library science program, I decided to end the blog that I had started while in school and start from scratch. My plan, which is much less restrictive than the one I had for the aforementioned blog, is to write [...]
