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I am Honored to be Included in the 2012 Salem Press Blog Awards – Thank you!

06.19.2012 · Posted in Awards and Accolades, Chit Chat

This morning Salem Press announced the winners of their 2012 Blog Awards. When I saw the announcement for nominees a couple of weeks ago I was honored and humbled to be included along side this year’s fellow nominees for public library blogs which included - RA for All, David Lee King, Richard Kong, and Agnostic, Maybe. Because of such fine company ...

Show Your Support, Donate

04.24.2012 · Posted in Chit Chat

UPDATE 5/1/2012 We have reached the goal! Thank you so much to everyone who donated! I will be at ALA 2012 thanks to your support and generosity! Making the decision to write this post was hard for me, after all I love NPR but pledge drive time drives me a little crazy especially after I’ve donated ...

Books: A Love Letter

07.19.2011 · Posted in Chit Chat

I don't write about books here. Not really. I write about ebooks and technology and the future of libraries (which may or may not involve books depending who you ask) and sometimes I write about what I'm reading, but I don't really write about books. This is about books. I have a confession to make, ...

Real Winning Isn’t About Torpedoes It’s About Giving

04.08.2011 · Posted in Chit Chat

Disclaimer: This post has NOTHING what-so-ever do with libraries. I can't express how disgusted I am with the whole Charlie Sheen thing and that instead of helping that man people are encouraging him. I'm even more disgusted that people are willing to pay up to $350 to see him. Recently several of my friends retweeted this ...