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One Year of Learning 2023

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Inspired by Tom Whitwell’s 52 things I learned in 2022, I started my own list of things I learned in 2023. I got well into 2024 before I realized I hadn’t p...

Five Years and Ten Months

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I reached a new milestone this month. A minor one in the grand scheme of things, but one worthy of a few remarks nonetheless. This month marks my longest t...

Thoughts on Growing Up

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It ‘tis the season for graduations, and this year my nephew is graduating from high school. My sister-in-law created a memory book—”a surprise Book of Advice...

Want to buy a can opener?

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This has to be among the weirdest pieces of unsolicited mail I've ever received. Nigerian prince? That is so yesterday. Virtual pharmacy? Too much effort...

Happy to Announce that I’m Joining Index Data

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Index Data posted an announcement on their blog about how I will be joining them next month. Confirmed! I'll be working on the open source library serv...

Seeking new opportunity in library technology

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Dear Colleagues, Know of someone looking for a skilled library technologist? The funding for my position at LYRASIS will run out at the end of June, and I a...

Rocks and Roles

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Rebecca has rocks in her head and they are not coming out. This will not be a post on library technology.

Passion Quilt Meme: Take Time to Wonder

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I found this meme via Karen Schneider's entry. Although I wasn't explicitly tagged, I thought it was interesting enough to add an entry to the meme's Flikr...

Same Cubicle, New Title, New Challenges

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Here is a bit of personal news to report. Tom Sanville, OhioLINK's executive director, announced today that I am changing roles at OhioLINK. Here is what h...

Child Rearing Through HTTP Status Codes

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Long time readers of DLTJ know that I rarely post commentary outside the realm of disruptive library technology to this blog, much less reflections of person...