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I’m very pleased to announce that I’ll be joining Georgia State University as the new Web Services Librarian starting June 1st! This is a very exciting opportunity, and I’ll be joining a great team.

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This week I had a user come to me frustrated because she was unable to find articles in a ProQuest database.  I noted that the journal issue she browsed only had a single article listed.  I knew this was an error, so I reported it.  This is what I heard back:

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For those of you attending CIL2010, I’ll be at the Neal-Shumann booth on Monday, 4/12 from 2:30-3:15pm. Drop by and say hello!

The rest of my trip will be spent visiting with my sister, to see her all beautifully preggers before she delivers my new niece in late ( Read more... )

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I’m 30 years old.  As of last Thursday.  Most of my life has happened in my last 30 years and nine months (Thanks Mom!) traveling around the Sun, and I’ve learned a few things, but one message has been nagging me the last month or two.

The life-changing experience.
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If you’re still looking for a way to give, and want to double your donation in an instant, give to Partners in Health with the Firland Foundation! They’re donating a large chunk of their revenue to help out in Haiti, so click the link below to double your donation ( Read more... )

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Here’s a special “thank you” for everyone who contributed to the goal of raising $10,000 ($20,000 matched) for Partners in Health.

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From now until February 28, 2010, I will match any funds given to Partners in Health on my donation page, up to $10,000.

I spent a hefty chunk of my savings on presents this last Christmas, and I don’t regret a minute of it. I was planning on building my savings ( Read more... )

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I was both flattered and excited to be interviewed on the T is for Training podcast.  I first met the host, Maurice, when he and I both attended a session at a conference and I cyberstalked him by sending him a Twitter message saying that I was sitting right behind ( Read more... )

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I think a lot about what it means to be human. Not about what makes us different from other animals, necessarily, but about what characteristics can be found in all of us.  And I reflect on the language that we use to describe the “human condition.”   In fact, we ( Read more... )