A Wandering Eyre

There is a new post on Library Garden that sums up every reason why filters in our public schools (and often in public libraries) get an epic fail. Epic. Fail.
Most of the stories I have heard from school librarians involving filtering have absolutely nothing to do with protecting children against things obscene and everything [...]

I found I new theme which I really like and added some fun plugins. Alas, my page tabs are now broken. I am trying to locate the problem.
The latstest WP 2.7.1 is very slick and easy to use. In comparing the .org with the .com versions, I am pleased that the .com version offers many [...]

I have decided to write this post in two parts because it may end up being a wee bit long for one gigantic post. I wanted to write about the positives of working in an academic library first because starting out on a positive note is nice. This post could be subtitled: Why academic libraries [...]

Just a wee bit of silly for your day. I thought you would all enjoy Ask A Ninja on Terminal Papers.
–Jane, looks forward to plagiarizing you soon

I am traveling this week in California, teaching two more classes for Infopeople. For the first time, in a long time, I am traveling sans camera, so I will rely on my pregnancy swiss cheese memory to relate my travels to you. Tuesday, I was in Saratoga, a quaint, little place nestled in the trees [...]

A mundane update about me, because really, it is all about me, you know.
I had a fun weekend filled with tree trimming and house light hanging. Mr. Rochester could really care less about either, but I adore them so that he perches on the ladder while I hand him gutter clips and the next string [...]

I have had a filtering post bubbling about for awhile. I think this may be a week for griping about idiotic technology choices. Filtering and firewalls will come later. Today, I present to you, ignoring half of the argument in favor of making yourself appear right. It’s called balance; let’s find some.
One of my students [...]

Today, I saw Dr. Wesch’s new offering about students in a couple different places. I have to say that the man is a genius. This should be required watching for anyone who teaches. It is funny because watching the video made me think of all the lecture halls I sat in while attending college. I [...]

Even though we are a University library, we have high school groups come in every once in awhile to do research. We usually give them a 50 minute introduction to our resources and then they have a few hours to do their research. I love working with these groups.
Last Monday, I had a group of [...]

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Yesterday evening, two of my colleagues taught a class for some upper level students. It was Robin’s first time to teach and she was nervous, but she had an experienced teacher and librarian, Nancy, co-teaching with her. The class went very well, the students were engaged, and the professor was pleased with [...]