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Business as Editor: A Talk on Twitter

I had the opportunity to go listen to Jack Dorsey, one of the creators of Twitter, talk the other night at The College of New Jersey. Janie Hermann found out about it and let me know it was happening, and we met up with Julie (Strange Librarian) there for the hour long talk. The talk was recorded...

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Library Garden — Before yesterday

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Balancing technology in library service

There is no shortage of continuing education opportunities for librarians. I think we naturally tend toward collaboration and harmony. Earlier this week, while many librarians were in Monterey, CA for Internet Librarian, I attended NJLA’s first Adult Services Forum. On the same day, David L...

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Library Garden — 6 days ago

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Growin’ a Mo to raise awareness

The Movember Foundation is a charitable organization that began in Australia in 2004 and has since gone worldwide. The primary focus is to create funds for cancer research with a focus on prostate and testicular cancer. Participants do this by shaving their face clean on the la...

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Library Garden — 6 days ago

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How to solidify your visual brand and identity

Hello, friends. My name is John LeMasney, and I love libraries. I’m the newest blogger on Library Garden, and I’m thrilled and honored to be here. Image by nancydowd via Flickr I’m a technologist, father, open source advocate, artist and designer, and I’...

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Library Garden — October 02

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I Love a Good List!

I love reading and exploring a good list almost as much as I enjoy making a list and one of my favorite annual lists has just been released: Best Free Reference Web Sites 2009 I have just spent a very fun hour or so perusing the picks for this year and am pleased to see some of my standard favor...

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Library Garden — September 30

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At what point do we stop investing in a format?

My wife and I just bought an HDTV as a spoil-ourselves gift for our five year anniversary. Of course, being a type-A compulsive who needs to take things about one step further than necessary, I started looking for ways to extend our viewing pleasures. While a Blue-ray player would seem to b...

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Library Garden — September 29