Monthly Archives: January 2010

Cliff Landis is my hero

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Laura

My friend Cliff Landis – Technology Librarian at Valdosta State University – pledged to match donations to Partners in Health (one of the many organizations offering relief to those affected by the earthquake in Haiti) up to $10,000. People donated. … Continue reading →

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“Liberate those search boxes!”

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Laura

Amanda Etches-Johnson advocated “liberating search boxes” at the Website Improvement Face-off session at Internet Librarian 2009. I whole-heartedly agree with Amanda – but I’d expand upon her statement by saying I think we should liberate any library content we can … Continue reading →

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I couldn’t resist

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Laura

John N. Berry, Editor-at-Large of Library Journal, recently posted an editorial that essential defends the spiteful and nasty rhetoric of the Annoyed Librarian as “free expression.” Apparently, those of us who think that the anonymity of this blogger makes him … Continue reading →

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