I’ve been getting a lot of inquiries about what types of workshops I teach, so I thought I’d just let everyone know in a blog post. I teach half-day (3 hour) workshops for library consortiums, state libraries, etc. (anyone who’ll have me, really!) I teach hands-on, interactive workshops using wikis which [...]
The August issue of Choice is finally out!! I have been waiting expectantly for this issue in particular because I had the pleasure of writing the essay that’s featured in it. Susanne Bjorner who authored the buying guide was my very talented editor on the project and she really helped me whip my [...]
Well, it’s official. I will be teaching LIS 901-06: Web 2.0 at Long Island University’s Palmer School of Library Science this fall. And what’s more, people have actually signed up already to take my class!!! I am incredibly excited about this opportunity, and I will be calling on (bugging) some people in [...]
I just got my copy of “Library 2.0 and Beyond” in the mail. This is very exciting because I contributed chapter 8 on the subject of Folksonomies. I had the chance to work with a really great editor, Nancy Courtney, (who also happens to be super-nice in person), and the roster of contributing [...]
I got an email earlier today from my friend Matt Bolin (thanks Matt!) who let me know that my talk “Information Design for the New Web” at Computers in Libraries was written up in a Tech Brief in the June/July issue of American Libraries (page 48 for those of you who want to check [...]
I wanted to let everyone know about the new Facebook application for those of you who are using LibGuides called LibGuides Librarian. LibGuides is a white-label subscription service which enables libraries to create a branded community of librarian-created subject guides or portals for their users. These subject guides, or libguides can incorporate all [...]
Here’s the video of the talk I gave at the Ohio State University Libraries Library 2.0 conference in June. I really enjoyed the conference, all of the other speakers were very interesting, and everyone was super-nice. To check out the rest of the talks, go to the main presentation page here.