I’m a Mover and Shaker!

I was just named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker for 2008 - how cool is that!??! For those that are interested, here are some links to the Movers & Shakers lists:

My write-up (I hope they correct my name soon - in the subheading, they smushed my middle and last names together so it reads [...]

Donate to LISHost

What a cool idea! Jenny and Michael have set up a cool fundraiser for LISHost (the dudes who host my blog and many other librarian blogs). Here’s what Jenny says: “So to thank him [Blake Carver, the dude behind LISHost] for all of his efforts, both on our behalf and for the profession, Michael an  [...]

Me, MeeboMe, and Shelf Check

Cool! My post on MeeboMe made the the Shelf Check comic strip!

How to Carve a Thanksgiving Turkey (way off-topic)

This Thanksgiving, I have the honors of carving “The Bird” (a 21 pounder, to be exact - we’ve got like 28 people descending upon us tomorrow!). Unfortunately, I have no idea how to do this. Really! I mean, I’ve certainly tackled turkeys before… but my handiwork usually ends up resembling more of a hack-fest than [...]

blog readability level

How funny - my blog’s reading level (wouldn’t my professors be proud?)…. found here.

New Song and Video: Social Digital Global Shift

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I recorded a new song and video for y’all! This song is all about social networking and how people are using the emerging social web to connect with each other, to communicate… and in my case, to sing songs to my blog readers.
When writing the song, I was thinking about [...]

What did David do today?

What does a Digital Branch Manager do, exactly? I frequently wonder that (since I AM one and all)… so I thought I’d keep track of what I did today. The list below provides an interesting snapshot into what a librarian might do in a new-fangled, social networking, digital branch management type job:

attended a meeting about [...]

Question for CSS Dudes…

Help anyone? My footer works in Firefox, but has disappeared in IE (IE7, at least). I’m open to suggestions!
http://www.davidleeking.com/wp-content/themes/vertigo-enhanced-20/style.css - link to stylesheet…
Thanks!

I Don’t Get It, or The Wonders of Mudflap Babe

More than one blogger this week has been pontificating on the wonders of the Wyoming Library Campaign’s mudflap girl. Here she is:
<sarcasm and nasty disagreeable Dave starts here>
I’m sorry, Wyoming. I realize that you hired “a team of Wyoming library public relations specialists” and that those professionals “have been planning this campaign for months.”
And I [...]

Two Stupid Stories for Friday

1. Blogger Kicked out of Stadium for Live Blogging the Game - dude kicked out of baseball game for live blogging… I guess they noticed his laptop? I’m calling this stupid because gee… you don’t actually NEED a laptop to live blog… you can do it with your cellphone. Video, text, pictures - all can [...]

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