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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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Presenting on Our Planning for the Future of the Catalog

By Iris | Published: Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Monday morning I had the opportunity to stand up with two other colleagues and present our findings on the future of the catalog to an audience of 60 or 70 directors from the Oberlin Group of libraries. One colleague gave an overview of the ILS plans at each of the 5 Minnesota Oberlin libraries. Then [...]
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It’s Not a Secret Any More

By Iris | Published: Thursday, June 7th, 2007
For the past week or so I’ve been working on a “secret” project. What is this secret project, you ask? Well, a few motivated people thought ALA needed some shaking up, so they’re putting together the first online unconference associate with ALA annual. It’s the Social Software Showcase (still under construction), and it features 11 [...]
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Libraries and Social Software

By Iris | Published: Tuesday, February 20th, 2007
Four colleagues (from three schools) and I will be presenting on Thursday on the topic of social software, what role the library can play, what networking tools the library can infiltrate -er- participate in effectively, and who is responsible for teaching (and learning) these tools. This is my first experience collaborating on a presentation with [...]
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