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Monday, November 12th, 2007

I am the Annoyed Librarian

Those of you out there you read this blog, (all five of you) may wonder why postings here are infrequent. That’s because I dedicate most of my time to Annoyed Librarian.
That’s right I am the Annoyed Librarian! And so are Karen and Jason. I am Spartacus… err Annoyed Librarian!
The movement is spreading!

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Friday, October 19th, 2007

Hoskins Library: A Secret History

Knoxville’s Metro Pulse weekly paper has a story on UT’s Hoskins Library which used to be the main library. It now houses archives and special collections among other things and has fallen into disrepair.

Comments Off - Posted in Knoxville, Libraries, Tennessee, UT Volunteers and Work at Hodges by Dan

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

A Delicious post on life

Just a miscellaneous post on life etc. I’ve started using del.icio.us a lot recently. I just got tired of lots of links I didn’t use that often in my browser.
Prior to Oct. 10, the last time I added anything to del.icio.us was Dec. 11, 2005. Anyway you can have a look at my links [...]

Comments Off - Posted in Libraries, Social Libraries/Library 2.0, Thoughts on Life, Web Design and Work at Hodges by Dan

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Congrats Walt!

Walt’s been in a sort of job limbo for a while. Well now he has a new gig, Director & Managing Editor, PALINET Leadership Network. It’s a job that seems made for you Walt, so again congrats!

1 Comment » - Posted in Libraries and Library & Information Science by Dan

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Tourists in the Library

Saw this article in the Univ. of Tennessee student newspaper titled “Library not a place for frivolity“. It’s mildly satirical (in my opinion) but raises some valid points. For example, “why do you come to the library at midnight to get on Facebook?” Or “Why come to the library just to check it out … [...]

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Written by Dan Greene, web designer and library geek. Topics covered here include Library and Information Science, Information Technology, web design, and maybe even a monk or two (more...)

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