Professional Development

Departments: Finding Your Voice

by Meredith Farkas

Having a professional online portfolio is a great way to show off your technology skills and provide additional information to potential employers that doesn’t fit into your résumé and cover letter. However, this alone won’t give them a...

Posted March 8, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Departments: Cataloging Horizons

By Karen Coyle

Library catalogs have evolved over time as technology has changed. The last 150 years have seen a progression from book catalogs to cards, and eventually, to online catalogs. Each of these changes has provided new capabilities that can...

Posted February 12, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Feature: A History of Women’s History Month

By Kay Ann Cassell and Kathleen Weibel

The roots of National Women’s History Month go back to “Women’s History Week,” first celebrated in Sonoma County, California, in 1978. This public celebration was scheduled around March 8, International Women’s Day, long...

Posted February 10, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Feature: How to Celebrate Women’s History @ Your Library

By Kay Ann Cassell and Kathleen Weibel

“Writing Women Back into History” is the theme for National Women’s History Month, March 2010, the annual celebration of women in the United States. For years women’s contributions were routinely underestimated or ignored even in...

Posted February 10, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Departments: Your Virtual Brand

By Meredith Farkas

I recently started teaching another great group of future librarians at San José State University about Web 2.0 technologies. I’m always in awe of their enthusiasm for the subject matter and for their chosen field. This year, I also...

Posted February 4, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Departments: Stirring Up Inspiration

By Jennifer Burek Pierce

It’s been one of those winters when I’ve wondered if one really feeds a cold (achoo!) and starves a fever, experimenting with soups that require no further icy treks to the grocery store (achoo!). Coincidentally I had already made...

Posted February 4, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Departments: I Blog, Therefore I Matter

By Will Manley

I find it fascinating that so many people try to put a sad face on retirement. Just think of the common terms we use for retirement: “over the hill,” “being sent to the glue factory,” “hanging up the spikes...

Posted January 29, 2010 | Comments: | Read More

Blog entry: Top Tech Trends MW10

LITA’s Top Tech Trends was interesting to me this year because its participants, while all formidable representatives of the world of cutting edge library tech geeks, were all new to the panel:

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Posted January 18, 2010 | Comments: | Read More