I saw this idea to post a blog about what it’s like to be a librarian, but it would also work as Library Assistant, Page, Director, Circulation Manager, etc. I first saw it on Gina Perischini’s Blog, and then read it on the pages she linked from, namely Librarian by Day.
I did my own. It’s [...]

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I’ve been so involved with blogs and what twitter is that I have been ignoring the obvious - people still think that the Historical Society Library is on 4th St. They come in all the time saying, “When did you guys move?” and when I tell them I get a weird look. We always talk [...]

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This photo above is a “Fred Clubb” image. Fred Clubb found these photos in a dwelling in North Idaho of the Morning Mine. To see more like it, you can search “Fred Clubb” at idahohistory.cdmhost.com and see more dramatic images like that.
Working at the Idaho State Historical Society has been really interesting because of the [...]

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Basically the hardest thing to do is implement any new idea or be innovative when you work for a place where there is very little money, and little room for error. Working for the State of Idaho it’s hard to convince anyone to adopt a new idea, even if it costs nothing and has the [...]

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I saw this last year at Internet Librarian and it was in a rushed Hallowe’en session, and the last session I attended, but I forgot about it until now! The phrase “web exhibit software” keeps coming up - so I googled it - and was reacquainted with that conference from last year.
This is SIMILE, which [...]

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It’s totally archaeology month, and one of the best ways to celebrate is by listening to Priscilla Wegars talk about Chinese in Idaho, and Polly Bemis. She’ll be talking about “Chinese in the Boise Basin” at 7:00 pm at Ada Community Library, tonight, May 8, 2008. 10664 W Victory Rd, Boise, ID 83709
We just found [...]

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If you’re interested in digitizing your resources, now is a good time to get involved with the development of our statewide consortium. Called IDIG - Idaho Digital Memories, we meet every two weeks by phone and have a few task groups, like copyright, collection development, and metadata.
If you look at the site, which was created [...]

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I saw this a few weeks back on the blog Librarian in Black that a company called Scriblio has developed a way to text message call numbers to customer cell phones! How awesome is that!
I then tried it out and used Jing to help me make a screencast of my experience! Watch and listen!

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