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This is what happens when you drop your computer and try to fix it with help from phone support. I have to say, Dell has been good about this. They are replacing everything that broke in the fall. And everything that broke as a result of the “surgery”.So this is why I haven’t been [...]

The New York State Board of Regents and the Commissioner of Education are seeking an experienced and innovative individual to serve as Assistant Commissioner for Libraries and State Librarian. The incumbent will lead the operations of the New York State (NYS) Library, a component of the Office of Cultural Education (www.oce.nysed.gov) within the New [...]

Tech Soup and flickr have partnered to offer flickr accounts to qualifying non-profits. These accounts normally cost $25/year. Through this deal, non-profits can apply for either:

Two 1-year Pro Accounts (admin fee of $6)
Five 1-year Pro Accounts (admin fee of $25)

Why apply for more than one account? flickr accounts are for individuals, not organizations. This [...]

I’ve been playing with new themes and stuff for my blog. I like this layout and theme. Just need to find some of my own photos for the headers. And work on the content for the sidebars. This is how I’m avoiding getting some other projects done!

There’s a new Summer Reading community on ning.com. If you’re not familiar with ning.com, it’s a free service that hosts thousands of special interest groups where members share ideas through discussion forums, photos, videos, etc. There are already many popular library and education related groups on ning.com.
The purpose of the Summer Reading ning group is [...]

This has a been a surprisingly unusual day.
Things started with 2 half-day training sessions for staff at the New York State Library. About 50 people came out to hear me bombard them (and I do mean bombard!) with web2.0/library2.0 ’stuff’. They then got some projects going and had lots of good discussions. Best of all, [...]