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Aug 21 2009, 9:08 PM EDT by
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This wiki hasn't seen activity for a long time. I haven't been active on it either. Are you all still subbing? Or did you get a job elsewhere?
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Feb 7 2009, 1:31 PM EST by
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The web 2.0 program, 23 Things on a Stick, now has a sequel: More Things on a Stick. I enjoyed the first one immensely and have signed up the second one. For information, go to www.morethingsonastick.pbwiki.com Registration deadline is Feb. 20
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Jan 18 2009, 10:15 PM EST by
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Activity has been pretty quiet here lately. Just wondering how you are all doing and if anything exciting or interesting is going on in your lives or if you have any useful library wisdom to share.
Are you getting enough hours?
If you're interested, I just set up a new blog, called Bookwormishnerd's E-Pages, at http://bookwormishnerdse-pages.blogspot.com
I posted an article about using the terms "Reference Desk", "Information Desk", "Service Desk", and "Circulation Desk" and the associations with these terms.
I will also add this link to the blogs page.
I've been busy lately so I have temporarily set aside but have not forgotten about the Subbing Article project. I hope to get a rough draft of the article posted on the wiki within the next two weeks. Right now I have an outline of possible things to cover. Any feedback or suggestions are more than welcome.
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Projects
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Dec 3 2008, 5:01 PM EST by
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Would you like to work on a project? Projects, maybe, if we all want to be the leader! Got any availability? Got any pet causes? Sound off!
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Passing the time during slow periods at the reference desk
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Nov 22 2008, 5:48 PM EST by
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At the reference desk, frequently there are slow periods when no one is in line and no one appears to need help. What productive things can you do to pass the time? (besides checking email?)
Here are my ideas:
*Ask a lead librarian if there is a project or something you can help out with.
*If you can leave the reference desk for awhile, offer to help shelve, fill up the display area with books, or walk around and tidy up.
*Read up on Web 2.0 and serving teens in the library and post your findings here.
*Read articles and blogs on librarianship
*Explore the features on the Staff Web, and the websites (both Minneapolis and Suburban). Check out some of the recommended weblinks and the databases and practice searching in them.
Anything else?
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Nov 8 2008, 1:22 PM EST by
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Holy financial meltdown, Batman!
I'm putting up a page with budget ideas. Lord knows I need them!
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Nov 8 2008, 1:20 PM EST by
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Here is an interesting idea from one of the blogs I read:
http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/10/07/work-like-a-patron-day
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Nov 8 2008, 1:20 PM EST
This is great, thanks for posting. Shelf Check had a strip about Work Like a Patron day, but I didn't follow the link back.
Here's Shelf Check, though:
http://shelfcheck.blogspot.com/2008/10/shelf-check-288.html
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Oct 16 2008, 3:16 PM EDT by
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I just found something really fun. It's a Literature Map, http://www.literature-map.com/. You key in an author name and it shows other authors you might like, or that are similar. You can click on any of those names and keep going. Very fun. I find associative lists endlessly fascinating, since they are reflections of how we classify things -- there's more than just alpha order or LC or Dewey, as we know, so I love looking at other systems of relationships.
It would be good for RA, but I'm not sure we want or need an RA page here since there are good resources available on the HCL sites and elsewhere online.
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Oct 12 2008, 12:14 AM EDT by
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We talked about getting together in October. Sunday night seems like a possiblity, since the libraries are closed but it's not a date night. Who could get together on Sunday October 12? October 19?
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Oct 12 2008, 12:14 AM EDT
I work both the 12th and the 19th but I could meet during those evenings, 6pm or later.
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Oct 9 2008, 12:36 PM EDT by
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Hello there,
I'm wondering if any of you are planning on attending the MLA Conference in November? I am and have a few questions so if you've attended previous conferences maybe you can help. What goes on during the Business Meetings? If you are going to this one, do you have any tips on what you'd recommend for the choices under parts "D" and "H"? I'm having trouble deciding.
Thanks!
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Oct 9 2008, 12:36 PM EDT
"Whom do you contact if you are interested in volunteering?" Alison Schaub Minnesota Library Association 1619 Dayton Ave., Ste. 314 St. Paul, MN 55104 phone: 651-641-0982 fax: 651-649-3169
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The future of reference librarians
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Oct 5 2008, 1:14 PM EDT by
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HCL budget cuts
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Oct 3 2008, 1:19 AM EDT by
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What do you think of the proposed HCL budget cuts?
I was getting ready to blog my responses to the budget cutting ideas, and I am glad they didn't cut services to teens or computer instruction/availability. I wonder if the Children's Readmobile and At Home services are slated for cuts because they are visible, in hopes people will rally to keep them. I don't know how successful a request for more money would be with layoffs elsewhere in the county.
I'm sad to read the tone of the Minneapolis Star Tribune article and comments. "City-county library merger running $3.5 million more than expected" at http://www.startribune.com/local/west/20902899.html?location_refer=Local%20+%20Metro:highlightModules:1.
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OOh, that would be good! I'll keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for the update.
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Oct 2 2008, 12:20 AM EDT by
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I added a new page, subbing in other systems. If you also sub in Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, or Washington (or other), would you add some notes about the hiring process and how you got your job? Thanks!
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Oct 2 2008, 12:20 AM EDT
I'm heard that St. Paul doesn't use subs. Can anyone confirm this? I'd really like to work in St. Paul, but rarely see positions posted. Anyone know the scoop?
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Sep 25 2008, 2:41 PM EDT by
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I got a job correcting standardized writing tests for the month of October, 8:00-4:00, M-F. I have signed up for a couple of weekend library shifts. Wish me luck! Have a great month, and keep in touch!
I know a couple of people who do this kind of work, and they seem to enjoy it. They say it fits well with sub work when sub hours are low.
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Sep 25 2008, 2:41 PM EDT
Congrats on your position.
Hopefully the sub hours will increase around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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So far I only have two Saturdays and two Sunday afternoons with work in October. If your work schedule is this sketchy in October, should we have a meetup?
If people are interested, let me know, and tell me your location. I'll figure out an approximate geographical middle. Of course, North East Minneapolis is the center of the world!
We could have an unconference in a bar somewhere.
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Sep 24 2008, 2:45 PM EDT
I would definitely be interested in a meetup. I live in Bloomington but am willing to travel to North Minneapolis.
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Sep 17 2008, 7:49 PM EDT by
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I added three pages: Resume Help, Public Software, and Triple Crown.
Triple Crown is misplaced under Public Software; I will move it but don't have time right now. Or feel free! I didn't know if wanted a whole Reader's Advisory page, there are so many resources I don't know that we need to duplicate.
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Sep 17 2008, 7:49 PM EDT
I moved the Triple Crown page but right now its just one of the links under the home page. We could create a Readers Advisory page and put the Triple Crown page under that?
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I had a customer who needed to submit a PDF doc for a job application, but the software doesn't support saving a doc as a PDF. Others on site knew that you can upload to Google docs, save as a PDF, and download the PDF back to your job ap, disc, whatever.
That's why I added the Public Software page. Ihaven't tested it, but the Acrobat software looks promising.
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Sep 12 2008, 12:45 PM EDT by
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Has anyone had an opportunity to check out the del.icio.us links I added? Did you find them useful? I thought we might find it a convenient way to post info to share. Let me know, or if you think it's more useful to put them on a topic page. Or both.
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Sep 11 2008, 12:49 PM EDT by
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I noticed that Andrea's Ex Libris 2.0 blog has an RSS feed for it. I would like to do a similar thing with my own blog but don't know how to do it. Can anybody help?
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I saw Patrick Jones last week and asked him for input to our sub wiki, particularly about teen reader's advisory. He said when he used to train, he told people they should have a library in their heads of 10 core teen books they could recommend to anyone.
Mentioned Conley, I think, I'll check my note.
Nominations, anyone? Add them here or to the page above. Thanks!
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Sep 8 2008, 12:45 PM EDT
I'm going to cheat and list 10 of my go-to authors. Then I'm going to cheat again and list 11 of them. Like somebody else said, I wouldn't give all these books to every teen, but these authors are reliably good and well-received by teens who like the style/genre. I left off the obvious blockbusters like Rowling and Stephenie Meyers.
- Laurie Halse Anderson (realistic: Speak, Prom)
- M.T. Anderson (all over the spectrum: Feed, Thirsty, Octavian Nothing)
- Sarah Dessen (realistic: Just Listen, The Truth About Forever, Lock and Key)
- Gail Giles (suspense: Behind You, What Happened to Cass McBride)
- Shannon Hale (fairy tale/fantasy: Book of a Thousand Days, Princess Academy)
- Pete Hautman (realistic, sci-fi: Godless, Rash)
- Philip Pullman (fantasy, historical: Golden Compass etc., Ruby in the Smoke)
- Philip Reeve (sci-fi/adventure: Mortal Engines, Larklight)
- Nancy Werlin (suspence/mystery: Rules of Survival, Double Helix, Killer's Cousin)
- Scott Westerfeld (sci-fi/adventure: Uglies trilogy, Midnighters trilogy, Peeps)
- Markus Zusak (realistic, historical: The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger)
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