Just two days ago I was thinking, “I really need to get a step stool in this house.” I’m not a tall woman, and alas, many things in our house are stored far above my reach. Dragging a chair around the house constantly is getting pretty annoying. And lo! What did I see today? The [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Kik-Step Library Edition? I must have it!
Posted in ephemera, library stuff on February 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Beginning Ruby: Some Serious Praise
Posted in technology on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been working now as the Assistant Systems Librarian for about a month, and I can safely say I’ve never had a job as challenging, occasionally frustrating, and sometimes satisfying as this one. I should preface that by saying I’ve never had a job that involved work I didn’t already know how to do, and [...]
The ACRL Task Force on the Future of the Academic Library
Posted in ALA, library school on February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Of course it has taken me almost a month to write anything significant about my ALA experience. So many thoughts were percolating through my head the whole long weekend, and it probably goes without saying that much of it isn’t quite as vivid now, after the new semester has started and my normal life has [...]
