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October 24, 2005

Internet Librarian 2005

I am here in lovely Monterey at the 9th annual Internet Libraran conference. Two fun things to do this week. I am giving the endnote on Wednesday. It's called "Competing With Google: Library Strategies". Of course, I can't write the talk until I moderate the Tuesday evening event where we'll have a panel on "Google-brary: The Status Quo of Tomorrow's Megalibrary." The panel is stellar! I can hardly wait until we see Adam Smith, senior Business Product Manager for Google Print, Barbara Quint from Searcher, square off with with Mark Sandler from U Mich, Rich Wiggins from MSU and Steve Arnold from Arnold Information Technology. I can even promise another surprise on Tuesday night.

Stephen

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October 7, 2005

32 Tips - Part 3 released today

If you've been following my three part series for SirsiDynix OneSource newsletter, part three ((yep, the last one - yay!) came out today.

Part 3 of "32 Tips to Inspire Innovation for You and Your Library" is here.

If you missed part two it's here. If you missed part one, it's here.

Enjoy,

Stephen

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Arrrghh! Technology!

I'll blog a little bit from home this (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend. On the way home from the Rockies my laptop died - registry file kaput - gone. One minute you're checking e-mail and writing reports, then - bing bang boom - silence. It wasn't a victim free accident either because the laptop took the phone with it. Battery deader than a doornail. I think the phone was like a car passenger without an airbag or some kind of technological sympathetic response.

Twas a little stressful. I was in the air when everything died on my way to the Ohio Library Council Conference to keynote and deliver a panel session of millennials with 8 cool grade twelve students. All I had with me were some older back-up powerpoints on my thumb drive! No problem! 90 minutes before the room filled up, the OLC folks calmly sat me down at their laptop with a glass of water and a calm voice. Everything went fine!

Anyway, laptop is off in the courier today for repair. A new battery fixed the phone. I am starting to feel normal (if that's a desirable state) today.

Stephen

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