I graduated from Syracuse University on May 10, 2008 with a Master of Science in Library and Information Science as well as a Certificate of Advanced Study in Digital Libraries. Highlights of graduation week included being inducted into Beta Phi Mu, the Library and Information Science Honor Society and being awarded the Master's Prize for my LIS program at Convocation.
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December 2007: I completed a semester-long internship at the Syracuse University Library working as an Information Literacy Intern in the Information Services Department at Bird Library. I taught undergraduates research skills in a classroom setting from September – December
2007.
In January 2008 I will be interning at Cornell University Library working in
digitization at the Carl A. Kroch Library, Division of Rare and Manuscripts
Collections (RMC). I am very exci
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Added by Philip Bahr on December 30, 2007 at 2:03pm —
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Tired of the daily grind? Getting burned out? Take a day for yourself and come to Brick and Click! To register, please visit < http://brickandclick.org
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From the DigLib listserv:In this issue of Library Technology Reports Casey Bisson engagingly narrates the history of open source software, explains how the OSS "movement" came about, details key players in OSS development, and discusses how open source can work for libraries.
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Fedora Commons Awarded $4.9m Grant To Develop Open-Source Software For Building Collaborative Information Communities
(Ithaca, New York, August 10, 2007) - Fedora Commons today announced the award of a four year, $4.9M grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundatio
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Added by Lakegan on August 27, 2007 at 8:08am —
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The redesign for the Osceola Library System is now up and running. Please feel free to take a look and see what you think.
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Added by Kelley Minars on August 1, 2007 at 2:57pm —
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I am a full-time library student at Syracuse University. I will be graduating Spring 2008 from SU's MSLIS program with a Master's Degree as well as a Certificate in Digital
Libraries.
I am a mid-life returning student beginning to plan my internships (non-paid, but course credit) for this coming year, my last at SU. I open to internship possibilities locally
or outside this area. As of this summer, if things wor
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Added by Philip Bahr on July 17, 2007 at 10:48am —
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Don't forget the Library 2.0 mixer at Front Page on Saturday, June 23rd at 5:30pm.
Although this mixer was created on Library 2.0, I thought it would be a good idea for this group to join as well, although I think most of us are on BOTH groups!
Details below:
I've made a reservation at Front Page Restaurant for Saturday, June
23rd at 5:30 (5pm would be better Tom said) under my name, Lakegan.
Front Page is VERY close to the Dupont Circle Metro (Red Line, Dupont
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Added by Lakegan on June 20, 2007 at 1:03pm —
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Casey Bisson's
Maison Bisson blog discusses
Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0. In this post, he talks about today's "better and more useful" web and how Web 2.0 is a reflection of the critical masses and NOT technology. He also mentions how the web is being used more and more for mundane activities and not so much social software.
Casey raises a major question, and that is:
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Added by Lakegan on June 14, 2007 at 3:59pm —
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(image from besavvy.com)
Have you heard of or used
Savvy Software?
Savvy Content Manager is a "powerful and easy to use web content
manager that puts web site management in the hands of the people you rely on to provide content."
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Added by Lakegan on June 14, 2007 at 10:52am —
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Check out Mark Y. Herring's article on the
10 Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library from June/July 2007 of American Libraries.
Mark Y. Herring is the Dean of library services at the Dacus Library located in Rock Hill, South Carolina. of Winthrop University
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Added by Lakegan on June 13, 2007 at 2:39pm —
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So what happens now that more and more libraries are stepping into the "digital age"?
What do we do about traditional libraries and what do we see as the
"future" of these brick and mortar institutions? How is YOUR library or
institution coping with this transition?
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Added by Lakegan on June 8, 2007 at 2:56pm —
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Google privacy policy 'is vague'
By Darren Waters
Technology editor, BBC News website
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Added by Lakegan on June 7, 2007 at 9:46am —
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Technology Competencies and Training for Libraries
by Sarah Houghton-Jan
Library Technology Reports…
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Added by Lakegan on June 7, 2007 at 9:40am —
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Consider attending the Ticer "digital library school" in August, and
specifically participating in a workshop called "Open Source Software
for Libraries and XML":
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Added by Lakegan on June 6, 2007 at 10:36am —
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I've created this group for those interested in digital libraries, content management tools and open source software for creating and managing digital libraries. Please feel free to step outside the brick and mortar and stare your virtual librarian expertise, resources, and collaborations here!
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Added by Lakegan on June 6, 2007 at 10:10am —
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