Category Archives: library

words in library conference presentation titles that ensure i won’t be in the audience:

wrangling herding cats woes 2.0 adventures what words make you twitchy?  add them in a comment below

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perpetual access

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Off-campus test from on campus or: How to be in two places at once

When I troubleshoot patron reports of problems accessing electronic resources they will often be off campus, attempting to connect through our proxy server.  When I troubleshoot I am often on campus, within the university IP range.  One of my first … Continue reading

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workflow analysis as an extended reference interview

my library has a wiki where library staff can report problems with databases or other technical issues; it’s my job to respond to and resolve the problems. i’d seen enough wiki entries that went something like this: “patron called to … Continue reading

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Cycling Through

Here’s a video of a monkey reading the abstract of the paper I’ll be presenting at the upcoming Library Assessment conference. The title of the paper is “Cycling Through: Paths Libraries Take to Marketing Electronic Resources.” direct link to video: … Continue reading

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