Introduction - who am I?

Greetings to all the people already in the room and listening to the download - encourage live participation

Explain a bit about how TalkShoe works and how to call in live

724-444-7444

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your PIN

123@66.212.134.192

 

A million thanks to Mary Carmen...

 

1. Too Bad “Librarian” Doesn’t Meld Well into “Entrepreneur” (The Other Librarian)

 

2. Harris County librarians and UT Longhorn football players' arrests (Houston Press) Isabelle + Ryan

 

3. Where you fall in poll of U.S. reading habits (CNN)

 

4. Amazon Associates (McMaster University Library) LBC

Associating with Amazon (WadingIn)

 

5. Cambridge Contacts U.S. Libraries over Alms for Jihad (American Libraries Online)

 

6. After 17 years of opening worlds, a librarian is shelved by school (Philadelphia Inquirer) LBC

Children's librarian fired (El Dorado (KS) Times)

Residents speak out - Patrons express concerns on firing of children's librarian (El Dorado (KS) Times)

 

7. Library camps in New York, Boston, and Western Australia

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=3125850516&topic=3128

http://bpexchange.org

 

8. Communication (Lorcan Dempsey's weblog)

I didn’t say it (Caveat Lector)

Library literature: academic and generally useless? (LibrarianInBlack.net)

 

9. No More MySpace at Tulsa Libraries (KTUL NewsChannel 8)

 

10. A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto (Library 2.0)

A Librarian's Anti-2.0 Manifesto (Annoyed Librarian) LBC

Divisions, dogma, and just doing a good job (Information Wants To Be Free)

 

 11. Why Are Librarians So Damn Sexy? (thisisby.us) Connie

 

12. Flashing In the Stacks (The Beautiful Kind) Sauers

At the library ... just surfing the net for, er, porn (The Age) Ryan

 

13. Bedford Trustees Ousted over Opposing Outsourcing Proponent (American Libraries Online)

 

Closing -

Homework assignment: Will The Response Of The Library Profession To The Internet Be Self-Immolation? (slc.bc.ca)

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