Readers, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving week. Jen and I did – and we are now back and ready to finish up the year. I have a few projects for school to wrap up, and so The Dean Files postings by me might not be quite what they have been, and I apologize [...]
Archive for November, 2010
November 25, 2010
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Gobble gobble.
By Jen Dean in UncategorizedHappy Thanksgiving, readers! Here’s hoping each of you eat as much pecan pie and mashed potatoes as I do.
November 19, 2010
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Social Media Tools and Libraries
By Jason W. Dean in Librarianship, Library, Library AdvocacyIt’s Friday – and I’d just like to share a presentation with you. Uber-librarian Jessamyn West recently gave a talk about social media tools and libraries, titled The Mayor of Everywhere: Using Social Tools to Be More Places at Once. I think it’s a great talk, and if you click through this link here, you’ll [...]
November 18, 2010
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200 Million Records
By Jason W. Dean in Cataloging, Librarianship, LibraryIn the latest issue of C&RL News (Nov. 2010), there were a few things of note for me. First, if you are going to put a QR code on your cover, please don’t cover it up with an address label! Second, Erin Dorney, young librarian extraordinaire, had another great Job of a Lifetime article – [...]
November 17, 2010
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An eBook Epiphany…
By Jason W. Dean in Books, Librarianship, Library, Reading, TechnologyI felt as though I had an epiphany yesterday about eBooks. Someone else has probably had this thought before – I just haven’t seen it. Anyhow – here it is:
