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Meebo for chat reference services and letting go of the old

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Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota

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I am 2/3 through my MLIS program at the College of St. Catherine/Dominican University and I work as a reference assistant in a medical library. I am also a brand new, baby blogger! My immediate goals in life are to gain a position as a reference librarian in an academic library and to learn to raise one eyebrow.

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My library implemented an IM reference service just last week, so I'm excited to see how that goes.

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Apply now for the 2008 Medical Library Association Scholarship

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be granted to a student who is entering an ALA-accredited library
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Posted on August 31, 2007 at 3:53pm —

creating new library workshops: Staying Organized in a Web 2.0 World and Extreme Googling

I'm planning on teaching two new classes soon. I'm planning an extreme Googling class for this summer, focusing on some of the other Googles (Scholar, U. S. Government Search, Patent, etc.) and advanced searching. In the fall, a colleague and I would like to do a class on getting organized in a Web 2.0 world, probably including RSS/Web feeds, personalized home pages, social bookmarking, annotation tools, Zotero, etc. I've been poking around on the Web to see what other libraries are doing and, o… Continue

Posted on April 19, 2007 at 11:34am —

Literary dogs

I'm just a fledgling in this Web 2.0/Library 2.0 world, but I'm taking a class for which I need to create a Web site and our instructor told us to choose a topic about which we are passionate. So, I am going to create a guide to literary dogs. I have lots of ideas of books to include, but I'm curious to ask you all:

what are your favorite books that feature dogs??

I can't wait to find out!

Posted on March 23, 2007 at 6:58pm — 8 Comments

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At 2:47am on May 26, 2009, Mike McQueen said…: Hi Martha,
I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.

Sincerely,
Mike McQueen

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At 9:02pm on May 11, 2007, James said…: Hi, Martha. How is your IM reference so far? We're starting this Monday, May 14--D day!

At 9:58am on April 20, 2007, Emily Clasper said…: Thanks! Actually, I can raise one eyebrow... it's a vital librarian skill. And my favorite Dog book is "Dudley, the Jack Russell Terrier That Could." My son loves it. Good work on your blog!

At 2:42pm on April 9, 2007, Royce Kitts said…: I am a student getting my MLS as well. I will be 1/3 done in a few weeks.

good luck!

At 10:42am on March 31, 2007, James said…: The only 2 dog books I remember are Old Yeller, and the Incredible Journey. Good luck on your literary guide!

At 4:03pm on March 27, 2007, James said…: Hi, Martha. Good luck on your MLIS. We're starting IM reference soon so I'll let you know how it goes.

At 12:58pm on March 27, 2007, Jeff Scott said…: We just started using Meebo for IM reference. I am not sure how it will work out, but I think we will be able to sustain the service. Great blog! I had the same dream about my library burning down when I first started as the director. I'll meebo you sometime.

At 11:08pm on March 26, 2007, Jeff Scott said…: Thanks for the ad. What are you using for im chat?

At 9:28am on March 26, 2007, fernando_vilarinho said…: Hello Martha! Thank's for the add!

Nice blog!

At 10:06pm on March 25, 2007, Karin Dalziel said…: I like my MLS program very much. The two professors I have had so far have been great- excited about the profession and VERY smart!