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Archive for October, 2007

I only have fifteen minutes on this borrowed computer so I’ll make it quick. I’m writing this post from the Oral History Association conference in Oakland, California. The convention center is located in downtown Oakland, a core of high-rise glass towers nestled side-by-side with well-preserved Victorian buildings. Fabulous restaurants surround us and, as a self-appointed [...]

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Check out this interesting report on young people’s perceptions of Idaho’s public libraries. The report, prepared by Corona Research for the Idaho Commission for Libraries in August 2007, compiled the results of six focus groups conducted with “digital natives”–young people between the ages of 12 and 25 regarding what they thought of and how they [...]

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My name is Captain Kidd, as I sailed, as I sailed
My name is Captain Kidd as I sailed.
My name is Captain Kidd and God’s laws I did forbid
And most wickedly I did as I sailed.
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I’m back from my week off and just in time to witness another episode of Vermin in the Library.
About a week ago, mouse droppings were noticed in the stacks of the Archives. A suspicious dust bunny was located, but no actual voles were sighted. Since the Archives is just chockfull of papery things that voles [...]

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Captain’s log, stardate 100107: These are the voyages of the Starship Method. Our mission: to explore new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.
Feel free to start humming the Star Trek theme song now. No, not this one.
Learning 2.0 has a sequel–Learning 2. [...]

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