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Graham Lavender
Toronto-based information professional with academic business librarian experience
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Just witnessed an impressive parade of York University students past Scott Lib carrying flags and dressed in traditional national costumes
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Librarians are also too polite to interrupt speakers who have gone over time
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February 4
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As I was just saying, Ulla says there's a lot of (ie, too much) modesty in our profession. Stop saying "it was nothing"
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February 4
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Don't be afraid to negotiate your job offer. It may actually make the employer respect you more
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February 4
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Librarians are too self deprecating. Don't hesitate to call yourself an expert (maybe don't put it so bluntly, though)
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February 4
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I have to be honest, I'm not interested in pausing to reflect in the middle of a talk. I'm here to listen to the speaker.
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February 4
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This morning there's a whole series of talks about library careers - a great idea for job hunters!
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February 4
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Learning how Art and his article friends get loaded into Scholars Portal
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February 3
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Productivity tools in the cloud is starting - huge room and everyone is sitting at the back :P
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February 2
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RT @
zotero
: Say hello to ZotPad, the first iPad client for Zotero. Many thanks to Mikko Rönkkö for the great work!
http://itunes.apple.com/us...
January 31
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Zotero 3.0 is here! I've been using the beta for a while now, and it is a significant improvement over 2.1 -
http://www.zotero.org/blog...
January 31
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Creating subject guides that students will use -
http://inspiredlibraryschoolst...
January 23
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Congrats to HathiTrust - 10 million volumes in their digital collections!
http://www.hathitrust.org/blogs...
January 22
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All academic librarians should be paying close attention to the situation at Harvard
#hlth
January 19
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Canadians to join Wikipedia protest of anti-piracy act - CBC News
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January 17
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Elsevier-funded NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded Research
http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog...
January 10
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RT @
Britannica
: Word of the Day: “commodious” (
http://www.merriam-webster.com/diction...
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guybrariang
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#libraries
#words
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January 6
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Libraries: disseminating information through the most commodious methods for centuries
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January 6
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The library, as described by the 1771 Encyclopædia Britannica -
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January 6
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Busted: BitTorrent Pirates at Sony, Universal and Fox | TorrentFreak
http://t.co/byhu6oHd
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torrentfreak
December 13
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This blows my mind: Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration
http://t.co/JxDyPBxB
December 10
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Information Tyrannosaur: Courses I Wish They’d Offered in Library School
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December 9
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Many thanks to everyone who made tonight's CODE (
http://t.co/HjAjPDrI
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December 5
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Today I had the honour of presenting the SLA Eastern Canada Chapter Member of the Year award to André Gionet. Congrats, André!
November 30
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Just discovered CBC Radio's online hip hop station - all Canadian indie hip hop! Amazing music for when I'm writing
http://t.co/M0T87nhk
November 29
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If you're a new librarian and intimidated by the thought of giving a conference presentation, give a lightning talk
#futurelibs
November 18
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Karen Adams says academic libraries in manitoba are hiring. Too much of a commute from Toronto for me
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November 18
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I think mentorship is the best way to get new librarians started on research
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November 18
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New grads do not arrive at academic positions prepared to start research projects. Should library schools address this?
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November 18
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Slides for next session have CC license. Why don't all library presentations have this?
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November 18
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