Librarians and cover letters
A couple of really great posts on writing cover letters for library jobs have surfaced in the blogosphere lately. I don’t have any pearls to add–just that it’s interesting to me, as always, to hear...
View ArticleSocial Media Overload, or how my Twitter spilled onto my Google + and...
“Your peanut butter Google Plus is in my chocolate Facebook!!!” If you’re old enough to remember who shot J.R. 1, you may remember the Reese’s commercial referenced above. (TLDR/W: a boy and a girl...
View ArticleRight now I’m working on a lesson plan…
Right now I’m working on a lesson plan that uses video for instruction–inspired by LOEX.
View ArticleWhat can I contribute?
I’m a new academic librarian, and have yet to write an article or present at a conference. There are so many areas of interest, and so many people contributing, that it’s hard for me to know where to...
View ArticleGoogle Plus, Privacy Minus
I started using Google Plus a few weeks ago. I really liked it, and started following some of the hordes of other librarians already on it right away. I was excited by its collaborative...
View ArticleCool tools: Scoop.it
What is it? Scoop.it is a beta (currently invite only) website that lets you become ”the curator of your favorite topic!” What does it do? You create a topic. Scoop.it searches the web (including...
View ArticleALA Midwinter
Recently I attended the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference for the first time. Actually, it was the first time I’ve attended any conference outside of LOEX. It was in Dallas, which...
View ArticleBlogs, social networks, and librarians
I originally started this blog because, well, I knew lots of other librarians blogged and it seemed like a good idea, particularly during my job search. It wasa reason, although hardly a compelling...
View ArticleDouble or nothing: Increasing your library’s number of Twitter followers
This post is part of the very cool “Show Me the Awesome” project, brainchild of Kelly Jensen, Liz Burns, and Sophie Brookover. It showcases cool things librarians are doing–things that you might not...
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