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I Interrupt This Blog…

By Iris | Published: Monday, November 9th, 2009
… to bring you pieces from my past. This past summer I traveled to Chicago to hang out with librarians who were attending ALA Annual, but I took one day to ride the train out to the suburb I’d lived and danced in while living my previous life as teacher at the Academy of Movement [...]
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Well Hello, Blog

By Iris | Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Yesterday, I had reason to point someone toward a couple of old blog posts I’d written. Popping over here to collect the links brought me up against a sobering realization, though: I posted once last month. Once. And that was a post I’d outlined weeks ahead of time. I’ve had dry spells before, but never [...]
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Four Years

By Iris | Published: Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
Since the age of 14, I’ve been measuring my life in four-year increments. Each increment had its own challenge, and each one culminated in its own major life transition. But now, for the first time in my life, I’m not going through a major life transition after 4 years, and I’m not reaching toward some [...]
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Nerves

By Iris | Published: Monday, October 13th, 2008
I’ve been diligently getting ready for my part of the preconference workshop that Amanda Etches-Johnson, Jason Griffey, Jenica Rogers-Urbanek, Steve Lawson and I are doing at Internet Librarian. It’s been slow going. I’ve gotten so used to presenting in an instruction-like way, and that’s not what I’m going for with this presentation. I’ve also gotten [...]
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Looky Looky!

By Iris | Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
I’m pretty excited. The book that contains the chapter that my co-worker and I wrote is now really and truly published! I can’t wait to see what the other authors wrote about, but I can tell you that Ann and I wrote about individual student consultations, how they fit into a research service alongside reference [...]
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