tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56709772011-12-14T20:51:20.907-06:00Young LibrarianA blog of musings, maybe mayhem, and more from a young MLIS.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comBlogger3171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-47693825283467385942008-08-15T16:14:00.005-05:002008-08-15T16:42:06.543-05:005 yearsToday in the LSW Meebo room, Steve and Laura were talking about birthdays and Steve mentioned his blog was turning 3 this month. It made me remember I had started this blog sometime in August, so I went back and looked it up. Yep, Monday, August 11, 2003. This blog turned five, this past Monday, August 11, 2008. Not as ancient as Librarian.net or Whatever, but pretty darn old in terms Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-23238919618136269752008-06-27T11:03:00.001-05:002008-06-27T11:03:58.763-05:00ALA - Day OneTechnically, this is my third day in California, but yesterday and Wednesday, I got a wonderful tour of the area from a friend of mine who lives here. We ended up in a few places she’s never been :) We spent Wednesday in the Long Beach, I got to see the Aquarium of the Pacific and touch sharks. Later, we went to the Queen Mary and took the Haunted Encounters tour. I didn’t see Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-40667090137048076032008-06-23T16:38:00.003-05:002008-06-23T16:40:48.517-05:00ALA T -2 days I received an e-mail earlier this morning from the lovely Kate Hahn reminding me of the need to keep a log of my ALA experiences as part of the requirements of the 3M/NMRT Leadership Award, of which I am a recipient this year. I’ll be posting my logs first to my new-ish professional life blog and copy them to here as a transition piece as I will be updating Digging Out more Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-70904868886310736572008-05-19T21:40:00.003-05:002008-05-19T21:43:02.272-05:00Cover letters, the current oneHere's the cover letter I wrote for the job I currently have. As you can tell, it, along with my resume, netted me an interview where I nailed the job.Dear Ms. ___________,I am writing to apply for the position of Consultant with Southeatern Library Services. (Friend who knows my boss) referred this position to me. Currently, I am a Reference Librarian with the Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-51969023733294743092008-05-19T21:36:00.003-05:002008-05-19T21:39:31.251-05:00Library cover letters, part deuxThis is the cover letter I wrote for the job that I interviewed for the day before I interviewed for the job I currently have.Dear Ms. __________,I am writing to express my interest for consideration for the Librarian I – Adult Services position (#position) open at the __________ Branch of the __________ Public Library. I am currently a Reference Librarian with Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-4595059157523394592008-05-19T21:23:00.003-05:002008-05-19T21:40:17.366-05:00Cover Letter memeIt's not quite as good as having a whole database of Libraryland cover letters, but there are a few of us who are posting various cover letters we've written over the years. Check out Rikhei and Colleen for other examples. This is the earliest cover letter I could find when I was first hunting for a job in grad school. I know I had a couple more before this one, but they seem Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-30203276778579929052008-03-25T09:35:00.002-05:002008-03-25T09:48:44.912-05:00Minneapolis-boundI'm still at my office until later this afternoon when I leave for Iowa City, the first stop on my way to Minneapolis for the Public Library Association's 2008 National Conference. As usual, I packed more than I wanted to and still feel like I didn't pack enough. For this conference, I have the added joy of driving up four other librarians who we couldn't place on the 55-Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-89952994196735183682008-02-29T21:40:00.003-06:002008-02-29T22:00:23.018-06:00BAM Challenge - HeartI seem to be making a habit of posting my reviews on the last day of the month, aren't I?Title: HotAuthor: Julia HarperGenre: RomanceAge level: AdultSummary:First, Julia is a friend of mine. Second, other than the fact I could see Julia's sense of humor shining through, our friendship had no bearing on my enjoyment of this book.When Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dumber, aka Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-33210165194192465212008-01-31T21:36:00.000-06:002008-01-31T23:56:42.167-06:00BAM Challenge - TimeYeah...kind of ran out of time on my own challenge. I'm a good book group leader, aren't I? The book I wanted to do is still sitting unfinished in the pile of books I brought back from Midwinter. However! I did gobble down a historical romance that I got as an Advance Reader Edition in Philly.Title: Where the Heart LeadsAuthor: Stephanie LaurensGenre: RomanceAge level: Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-91331051694647797272008-01-14T14:46:00.000-06:002008-01-14T14:47:18.484-06:002008 Reading ListThe Reading List 2008 Established in 2007 by the CODES section of RUSA, The Reading List Council seeks to highlight outstanding genre fiction that merits special attention by general adult readers and the librarians who work with them. The Council, which consists of ten librarians who are experts in readers’ advisory and collection development, select books in eight different Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-65846347319489337522007-12-06T14:48:00.001-06:002007-12-06T14:52:25.452-06:00Book A Month (BAM) ChallengeIf you're inclined towards reading, check out my new blog/site Book A Month (BAM) Challenge. Starting in January 2008, a new theme will be posted around the first of the month and all you have to do is read some book relating to that theme, write a review of the book and then post your review. If you've got your own blog/website, post the review there and post a linkKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-84422790789665864032007-11-22T10:11:00.001-06:002007-11-22T10:26:09.582-06:00Happy Thanksgiving!Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating in the U.S. The blog is going on hiatus until sometime during ALA Midwinter. The holidays being one reason, and my committee work being the other. For anyone considering going for one of the many book award committees in ALA, be prepared to read. A lot. At this point, my projected reading schedule needs to be a book a day. And sinceKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-79280049437611396802007-10-29T00:20:00.000-05:002007-10-29T00:24:15.426-05:00Carnival of the Infosciences, Issue #82Greetings! Welcome to the Young Librarian for the 82nd installment of Carnival of the Infosciences (COTI). As befitting the party nature of a carnival, we have music, we have international guests, and we have drunk librarians (potentially).Let's get the party started! Click To Play How many of you are Heroes fans? Igor's favorite is Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-80952911322258396672007-10-28T11:35:00.000-05:002007-10-28T11:39:12.252-05:00Last call for COTI submissions!All submissions have to be in by 6pm Central tonight. We're a little light on submissions this week, and I'd really rather not have my debut be a debust ;)Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-39491761049168787602007-10-22T17:30:00.000-05:002007-10-22T17:45:54.817-05:00One way to drive traffic to your blogGood thing I sent my "Open letter to incoming LIS students" to Carnival of the Infosciences for inclusion back in August. Chadwick put out a call for hosts for next week on Twitter, and I answered the call. Next Monday, October 29th, I'll be hosting issue #82. If you'd like to submit something (and please do!!), follow the directions on the Submissions Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-75444835013235488212007-09-05T17:12:00.000-05:002007-09-05T17:16:14.161-05:00PLA registrationA little birdie whacked me upside the head with the news that PLA 2008 Conference registration and housing are now open, and some hotels are even all booked up! Run over there now if you're going and need a room: PLA Conference Housing. Book the room now, even if you can't pay for registration for another little bit.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-72402906098459863612007-08-14T09:00:00.000-05:002007-08-14T09:03:24.069-05:00Open letter to incoming LIS studentsReady for another essay? Some background, first. I know I’ve mentioned before my status as a third-generation librarian. When I first considered going to library school 6 ½ years ago, 1 ½ years out of college (yes, for those math inclined, that means I’m now 30), my mom gave me two different lists of laws. The first list I’ll tell you about if you ever meetKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-22745055897132869042007-07-31T23:13:00.000-05:002007-07-31T23:20:03.804-05:00Some updatesI'm working on yet another one of my essay length posts, but until then, here are some things I want to highlight:Uncontrolled Vocabulary - a weekly live chat show hosted by Greg Schwartz, originally of Open Stacks. Join in every Thursday night as current topics of the day are discussed.Biblioblogosphere survey - Meredith Farkas once more delves into who makes up the "Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-23977699814242134172007-06-26T10:31:00.001-05:002007-06-26T10:33:38.506-05:00Where we got the blue cartoon shirtsFor those who asked me on the floor today or saw others wearing the blue "She Blinded Me with Library Science" cartoon shirts, we got them from Questionable Content. A very funny webcomic with some very funny t-shirts.QC Merchandise - it's about the third shirt downKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-65162541259328446112007-06-25T21:18:00.000-05:002007-06-25T21:53:30.599-05:00ALA - Day FourI know I haven't summarized yesterday for you, but I promise to do so by the end of the weekend. Today was the day my ALA wrapped up for the most part. I had the NMRT Executive Board meeting first thing this morning. While it was tough to get up so early, later I was glad to have it out of the way. I got back to the convention center in good time thanks to the Metro for the Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-90434365487944058982007-06-23T22:12:00.000-05:002007-06-23T22:57:52.487-05:00ALA Annual - Day TwoRemember to check the Flickr group for pictures: ALA Annual 2007I hit the exhibits first thing as I decided not to go to the session I'd originally planned on attending. I've got a few exhibitors I need to ask questions of for work, and after I got my Darwin bobblehead from Greenwood, I got some leads to follow up on from one of the vendors. I also ended up with a lot more Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-22020156420199413222007-06-22T17:46:00.000-05:002007-06-23T06:59:37.786-05:00ALA - Day OneWell, other than not wearing enough layers to keep me properly insulated in the room where my committee was meeting, today was a productive day. We managed to get our work done early enough for me to make it over to the convention center in time to check in and go to the NMRT 101 session. While I was making my way to the session, I stopped into the Emerging Leaders Poster Session.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-29519694351749068302007-06-21T21:01:00.000-05:002007-06-21T21:07:46.427-05:00Made it in one pieceWhen your day starts out with a call saying "Um, we cancelled the flight you were supposed to be on, but we've put you on one at the same time but at the complete other side of the city. Call this number to confirm." Then you call the number, and you're pretty sure you confirm, but when they start trying to assign your seat, you get a recorded message saying "sorry, we've Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-13281419924381829552007-06-20T22:45:00.000-05:002007-06-20T22:51:00.657-05:00ALA BoundJust a note that I'm working my way east to DC. Tomorrow is the flight first to Detroit and then on to DC. Expect somewhat daily updates. But seriously, the best conference investment: a backpack with a laptop sleeve. I have to carry my laptop around with me on Friday and Monday, and throwing my shoulder out is not in my plans.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-31980711093413725602007-05-29T20:06:00.001-05:002007-05-29T20:13:13.379-05:00Achieving successWith the recent posts by Joy Weese Moll and Michelle Boule, I got to thinking about what success means for me. First, though, I’d like to ruminate on what the meaning of success is.Is there a universal yardstick for success? I think not. Michelle’s comment perfectly describes my viewpoint: “I define my own success, it does not look like yours, and I am ok with that.” From theKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-89823065193102171102007-05-04T09:19:00.000-05:002007-05-04T09:40:58.192-05:00Not feeling love for ALA?I believe in the importance of having professional organizations. But kind of like when I went off to college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, I also believe that you need to find your niche because they can otherwise be way to huge and overwhelming. I think that the New Members Round Table is a great group of people and they're very committed in Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-77977371146677206932007-04-28T14:18:00.000-05:002007-04-28T14:25:38.924-05:00I'm #1! I'm #1!Kind of :) A Day in the Life: Career Options in Library & Information Science edited by Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray is now available. The chapter I wrote is Chapter 1: Adult Services Librarian. A funny aside to this is that when I sent the chapter to Priscilla, I had no idea what my chapter number would be and without thinking, I put the title as "Chapter XXX: Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-19925359862153157462007-04-13T12:15:00.000-05:002007-04-13T12:41:53.824-05:00More Twitter thoughtsWith my envy for those going to CiL this weekend at the fore of my thoughts, and seeing Michelle's post in my Bloglines this morning, I realized Twitter would be good for those of us who aren't married to their cell phones for text messaging purposes, but adore our PDAs when trying to notify friends of our locations at conferences. ACRL was my first time really putting my Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-6712260096339178482007-04-02T16:31:00.000-05:002007-04-02T16:31:15.681-05:00Creating Passionate Users: Update/Joint Statement with Chris LockeWatch CNN tomorrowI'm going to make the extra effort to wake up long enough to watch this.Creating Passionate Users: Update/Joint Statement with Chris LockeKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-11858913400988523422007-04-02T15:40:00.000-05:002007-04-02T15:41:36.454-05:00ACRL Photos on FlickrPeople have been furiously adding their conference photos to Flickr in anticipation of the contest deadline of April 8th. There are some wonderful photos in there, and yes, some of them are mine.Flickr: Photos from acrl2007Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-7338646682064936752007-04-01T08:45:00.000-05:002007-04-01T09:11:51.937-05:00ACRL - Day Four, Part TwoMorning Session, Part Two:Analog v. Google in the CMS: RSS Feeds to the Rescue presented by Heather L. Moulaison and Edward M. Corrado from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)I thought the presenter looked familiar; I went to grad school with Heather.CMS = Course Management System as opposed to Content Management System (ie. Blackboard, WebCT, Moodle, etc.)1 Course shell = 1Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-60398160377011663642007-04-01T08:02:00.000-05:002007-04-01T08:37:30.948-05:00ACRL - Day Four, Part OneYou get to see how I take notes!Session of the morning: PennTags: Building a Social Tagging System in an Academic Library presented by Laurie AllenUPenn is University of Pennsylvania in Philly(Michael Winkler is the tech end of the presentation, but not present.)PennTags = del.icio.us for the Penn community- If they've got it on the web, it's taggable or will be soon. Ie.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-44236367202722692192007-04-01T07:56:00.000-05:002007-04-01T08:02:22.357-05:00ACRL - Day Three, Part OneI'm sitting in the room for my first session of Day Four, so I'm not really going to post anything significant right now. Providing my battery and the wireless connection holds out, I will do live blogging of sessions today as I've obviously brought my computer. However, highlights:"Keeping Libraries in the Flow" workshop - Interesting. I was the recorder for my tableKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-11058707503273863342007-03-30T23:31:00.000-05:002007-03-30T23:34:04.244-05:00ACRL on FlickrFor those who haven't found it yet:ACRL2007 tag on FlickrKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-45287221189968768362007-03-30T21:07:00.000-05:002007-03-30T23:09:09.861-05:00ACRL, Day Two, Part TwoFirst, Jenny, seriously, media card readers at Annual!Second, I did get a picture with John Waters at the booksigning. He was even kind enough to let me photograph his *tres* cool gold lame sneakers.After the booksigning, I wandered by the poster session. During the break in my morning session, I stopped by and was caught up in the mass of humanity flowing through and Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-18217020367759833492007-03-30T13:35:00.000-05:002007-03-30T13:42:38.381-05:00ACRL, Day Two, Part OneI spent the morning in a session on CoLAB(R). It turned out to be a training the trainer workshop for a process on developing collaborative relationships. The presenters were very dynamic and I came out of it with ideas on how I can bring this back to work. I could also see the percolating ideas among the other attendees. Even better, I was able to get a number of Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-3734403968218668102007-03-29T21:05:00.000-05:002007-03-29T21:51:20.345-05:00ACRL - Opening SessionToday we had the joys of mass registration, the keynote session, and the exhibits opening.Registration - If you you come to a conference the day of and try to register right before the fun begins, be prepared to wait. The ALA staff did a good job and kept the line moving at as brisk of a pace as they could manage. I will say the conference bags are pretty nice as they're Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-84116607641851100952007-03-29T13:55:00.000-05:002007-03-29T21:51:56.848-05:00Welcome to Baltimore!While I've flown in and out of BWI before, this is my first time staying in Baltimore. I was hoping to make it to the First-Timers orientation, but my flight out of Chicago was almost an hour behind schedule and the shuttle took longer than expected. We ended up at my hotel at the time the orientation was to start, and after standing in line to check-in, I decided I needed Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-78088813789777155662007-03-28T09:56:00.000-05:002007-03-28T10:00:43.578-05:00Keeping an open mindI need to keep this short and sweet. I signed up for a Twitter account. Not to let everyone know what I'm actually doing, but as a way to easily update a "currently reading" feature on the sidebar over there. I like to tell people about what I'm reading because one of my long-standing interests is RA. As constantly updating the template through Blogger would be a bit of a Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-71096903706894130812007-03-20T23:34:00.000-05:002007-03-20T23:41:56.634-05:00Non-liblog reading memeDespite being a long time blog writer, I'm not that much of a blog reader. That is, if you discount my friends' personal blogs, which I will here. About the only non-libraryland blog I read on a regular basis, and actually read rather than skim, is Smart Bitches, Trashy Books: Come for the Man Titty and stay for the Cover Snark (tm). Romance genre world oriented, they Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-6527009192174826212007-03-20T21:23:00.000-05:002007-03-20T23:22:34.021-05:00My life in 2.0Discussion about 2.0, web, libraries, life, what have you, has been happening for a while. Maybe because I've been plugged in more often for the last month than I have been previously, but it seems like the frequency of discussion has spiked in the last month or so. I thought it would do me some good to practice some self-reflection on the topic. I'm not going to hit on every 2.0Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-68692905434049506222007-03-18T18:36:00.000-05:002007-03-18T18:37:12.011-05:00New 5 in 5 videoI'm getting better at this. It didn't require as many takes to get this one as down as it was going to get.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-77115213550105992342007-03-15T14:19:00.000-05:002007-03-29T21:57:25.575-05:002007 LJ Movers & Shakers?Has anyone seen any announcements about who this year's Movers & Shakers are? Once I figured out that today was March 15th, I also realized that the library-web-world has been dead silent on this since the call for nominations was put out.**Update:Even though most everyone has already posted this, here's the answer to my question:http://www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-75532846868491939742007-03-14T23:37:00.000-05:002007-03-14T23:41:38.270-05:00Two things1. There is another group specifically for young and new librarians on Ning. As they've been around longer and have more traction, I'll happily cede the field to them, but I'll keep my space open if anyone feels the need. The other group is at: http://youngnewlibrarians.ning.com/2. ALA-APA is looking for volunteers for researching "Loan Forgiveness Programs". Here's the e-mail sent Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-4445504693095265792007-03-12T22:35:00.000-05:002007-03-12T23:05:48.038-05:0099% of my best ideas come when I'm in the showerWhile I was brainstorming for what I want to say in an upcoming post about my life with Library 2.0, it came to me. "It" is a new area for young librarians. I've been active since the end of last week on the Library 2.0 group on Ning. Over the weekend, I was reading a recent Blatant Berry blog entry. It brought back an idea that I thought about Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-87209480079738831442007-03-07T21:54:00.000-06:002007-03-07T21:56:45.097-06:00Too cool!Lissa and Carrie at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library have done their own riff on 5 in 5:Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-21699254360093356482007-03-06T07:26:00.000-06:002007-03-29T21:53:33.343-05:00Yes, I do look at my statsI found the following website thanks to a search out of Google UK looking for "young librarians of the future". It looks to be one UK group's answer to LJ's Movers and Shakers. Congratulations to those named! This reminds me that I need to dig around more on the international side of things when I have the time.Love Libraries - Young Librarians of the FutureKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-75496703705876884432007-03-05T20:57:00.000-06:002007-03-05T21:04:30.877-06:00For those interested in 5 in 5If you're interested in participating in 5 in 5, here are some directions:1. Take a video of yourself talking about the books. With the way mycomputer's set up, I just keep going until I get a good run and then Icut out all the other "takes".2. Edit it for length, and if you want add in titles and credits. Iuse Windows Movie Maker (Start -> Accessories) because Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-82904051595643515012007-03-02T22:37:00.000-06:002007-03-05T21:01:14.439-06:00I have too much time on my hands...Okay, I really don't, but once an idea burrows deep into my psyche, I can't get rid of it until I act on it. The latest one hit me yesterday as I was brainstorming for classes to develop for the fall as part of my new job.Readers' Advisory, meet YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/group/5in5Anyone can join in, so please do. Let's start a video RA meme.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-70692359133737240272007-02-27T20:25:00.000-06:002007-03-29T21:52:45.123-05:00Midwinter musingsYeah, I know this is a month late, but here's my Midwinter wrap-up.Friday: OCLC Symposium - "Who's Watching Your Space?"I have seven (7) pages of notes from this program. It is one I'll still be trying to process six months from now. The streaming video is now available on the OCLC website if you're interested in watching. Honestly, if you're interested in social networking, Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-34932339467005041622007-02-20T19:18:00.000-06:002007-03-29T21:52:18.447-05:00Some mini-updatesI've moved into my new apartment and started my new job. However, I'm still on the lookout for the notebook with all of my notes from Midwinter in it. As I'm not quite done unpacking I have hope that it will show up.I noticed today that younglibrarian.net was being forwarded to the old Geocities site. I apologize for this and it should be fixed within the next 24 hours. It Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1169689967012849322007-01-24T19:50:00.000-06:002007-01-24T19:52:47.020-06:00Housekeeping noteI've updated my RSS feed link to the correct URL as I finally clued into the fact that LISFeeds had stopped working a while ago. Blame the fact that Bloglines was still showing I was active. Anyway, click on the sidebar or on the following link to update your subscriptions:http://younglibrarian.blogspot.com/rss.xmlKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1169431732138353512007-01-21T19:47:00.000-06:002007-01-21T20:08:52.153-06:00Exhibits report - Day three, part twoI hadn't planned on spending much time in the exhibits at this conference. This is mainly because I didn't want to lug a lot of stuff home. Today ended up being my exhibits day, but I did stick with my plan on not getting a lot of giveaways.When you attend the exhibits at a conference, you should go in with a plan of some sort. Whether it's as simple as "Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1169417004210033122007-01-21T16:00:00.000-06:002007-01-21T16:03:24.223-06:00Exhibits Report - Day Three, Part OneThis is going to be short because I need to meet up with a friend soon, but here's a little nugget of advice. When you are wandering around the exhibits floor of a conference, you never know who will bump into. Prepare for anyone. Today, I bumped into my English teacher from my sophomore year of high school. I have not seen her since I graduated, as that Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1169342687215755472007-01-20T19:14:00.000-06:002007-01-20T19:40:29.603-06:00Midwinter 2007 - Day TwoFirst off, I'm bummed. It looks like my digital camera may have gone missing. Unless by some miracle it appears before I leave, I will be unable to show off the pictures I took last night. This is really sad as the stormtroopers were so cool!Okay, shaking it off. This is my first Midwinter. I'm finding it a bit easier to navigate than when I attended the Annual Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1169262421768973922007-01-19T20:58:00.000-06:002007-01-19T21:07:01.780-06:00Exhibits report - Day 1Only the strong survive. Tonight is the tribute to adult literature, or whatever they're calling it. Basically, hit up all the publishers for galleys and ARCs (Advanced Readers Copy) of upcoming books. I've seen people carrying around four or five bags FILLED with books and swag. I'm limiting myself because I have to schlep it back home and then move with it. I did getKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1169255488820390202007-01-19T18:55:00.000-06:002007-01-19T19:11:28.833-06:00Midwinter 2007 - Day OneOkay, I'm posting this from my Palm, so it's not going to be as pretty as it normally is. It probably also won't be as coherent as the screen it a leeetle too small. The line for the Internet Cafe was a little too long for me.Right now, I'm sitting outside of the entrance to the exhibit hall, and it looks like they're setting up the stand for the ribbon cutting ceremony Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1168968656695179682007-01-16T11:27:00.000-06:002007-01-16T11:30:56.713-06:00Short and sweetNo time for one of the long and introspective essays today. I had to go over to the storage unit where I've been keeping some of my stuff for the last four years. Amazing how much crud you forget you own. I will attending ALA Midwinter from Thursday to Tuesday, so expect a few posts about it this weekend. They may be nothing more than brain dumps as it takes me a little bit to Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1168410032826147222007-01-10T00:12:00.000-06:002007-01-10T00:20:32.840-06:00Amazing what can happen in a monthNow that's Blogger seems to be working again, here's a little update on my past month.*I've renewed the younglibrarian.net domain name for another three years. Web host for one more.*I was invited to speak at a program regarding how my library manages our high school/adult reading program. But, I had to turn them down.*I turned them down because the program is Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1165944818890959252006-12-12T11:29:00.000-06:002006-12-12T11:33:38.906-06:00Mentoring, part 2When I first started considering librarianship as a career option, I was lucky enough to have a readily available mentor, my mother. We talked for hours about what career options would be available to me, and if I did go to library school, the courses she considered to be of vital importance to the education of new librarians. Sometimes we bore our other family members when we Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1165340690780972322006-12-05T11:31:00.000-06:002006-12-05T11:44:50.803-06:00Mentoring, part 1 I’ve run out of time this morning to write up the long entry I have planned for this topic, but I wanted to point out a few articles in preparation: LISCareer.com - Mentoring sectionMentoring Programs in Libraries - ALIA program summaryKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1163396836868878782006-11-12T23:45:00.000-06:002006-11-12T23:47:16.880-06:00No 11/14 postDue to events beyond my control, there will be no post on Tuesday. Let's hope for some amazing insight to hit me for the following Tuesday's to make up for this one.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1162921255888830912006-11-07T11:36:00.000-06:002006-11-07T11:40:55.900-06:00Navigating the career pathI had some trouble figuring out what I wanted to write about today. Do I write about the importance of voting, in any election that you are entitled to vote in? Or do I write about something else? I decided to write about something else; thanks to a conversation I recently had with a friend.We were talking about career paths. As I’ve been perusing the job postings, IKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1162914509133938292006-11-07T09:47:00.000-06:002006-11-07T09:48:29.150-06:00My one political statement of the dayI got my "thank you for voting ticket". Have you?Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1162272326342784142006-10-31T11:23:00.000-06:002006-10-31T10:31:53.623-06:00Wait, you really are an expert!When I first started posting here, I didn’t think much attention would be paid to what I had to say. I had only just gotten my degree. I had no post-degree work experience. I was a nobody. What I didn’t quite realize at the time is that I was an expert in something. I was an expert of my own experiences. People listened to what I was saying because I got up Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1162308087824876102006-10-31T09:21:00.000-06:002006-10-31T09:21:27.916-06:00For the Illinois librarians who read thisIn case you haven't heard already, applications for Synergy 2007 are being accepted through November 30th.SYNERGY: THE ILLINOIS LIBRARY LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE 2007Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1161704951667434402006-10-24T10:49:00.000-05:002006-10-24T10:49:11.726-05:00Some fun for the dayFor those who don't read Unshelved (and why don't you?!?), and you're of the creative sort, and you've got an extra bookcart lying around, check out the "Pimp My Bookcart!" contest.Overdue Media - BlogKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1161664828007333712006-10-24T09:15:00.000-05:002006-10-24T09:21:28.320-05:00Listening to your gutAt what point do you pay attention to the red flags? The job trolling stage? The interview stage? The I’m-already-here-I’d-better-make-the-best-of-things stage?I hope you answer one of the first two stages. Sometimes the red flags don’t come out until after you’re already there. At that point, you have to decide if it’s a true red flag, or if it’s just transition Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1161100164994207282006-10-17T10:44:00.000-05:002006-10-17T10:49:25.013-05:00CyclingNo, not of the bike variety. More, the job market kind. Let me start by saying I believe that you should always be looking at job ads, even if you are extremely happy in your current position. This is two-fold. You may be looking again one day and you’ll have an idea as to what’s out there and what skills are desired. Also, if you’re already in your dream job, but you see a position Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1159938859358406292006-10-04T00:00:00.000-05:002006-10-04T00:14:19.370-05:00What they don't teach in library schoolYou may have noticed that I'm trying to keep to at least a regular Tuesday posting schedule. This is because I normally work Tuesday nights and have the mornings free to think and consider my posts here. Today I had planned on doing a long and, hopefully, interesting post regarding AmazonUnbox and the Day Against DRM as brought to my attention by Chicago Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1159376568410379602006-09-27T12:01:00.000-05:002006-09-27T12:08:50.616-05:00Nominate 2007 Movers & ShakersKnow someone who needs to be named one of Library Journal's Movers & Shakers? Nominate them now: http://libraryjournal.com/article/CA6358087.html. The deadline is November 1, 2006.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1159288339219402192006-09-26T10:36:00.000-05:002006-09-26T11:32:19.340-05:00Amazon as publisher?I'm not sure how many people have noticed this:Click on the picture for a bigger version.This is a screen shot I did today of the page for Nora Roberts' upcoming book "Dance of the Gods". Amazon is soliciting the electronic rights of books from the rights holder (author or publisher). Click here for a shot from lower down on the page. (#1 is to show it's from her page, #2 isKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1158683864488177662006-09-19T11:32:00.000-05:002006-09-19T11:37:44.503-05:00And it comes full circleA little over three years ago, I started this blog to chronicle the job search process. When I finally landed a full-time position, I kind of lost my purpose for it as I didn’t feel it would be appropriate to write about my work situation in a public manner. I still don’t. Also, working a full-time job and commuting up to two hours each day didn’t leave me much time to Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1154405661369620322006-07-31T23:03:00.000-05:002006-07-31T23:14:21.423-05:00RA and writing conferencesI got home from the Romance Writers of America conference yesterday afternoon. In case you haven't been reading this blog from the beginning, I am a huge romance fan. I'm not going to get all into statistics about how romance is the largest selling genre for mass market books, but I will happily talk with anyone, at length, on why librarians, especially public Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1147410198743271932006-05-11T23:17:00.000-05:002006-05-12T00:03:18.816-05:00The importance, and unimportance, of bloggingYes, I'm still alive. I haven't had much to say lately. At least, nothing that was appropriate to this forum. When I started TYL, I made a conscious decision on what I would and would not include in my posts here. I've only broken that personal compact once or twice in the almost three years I've been doing this. The feeling of rightness in that Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1142828476023772642006-03-19T21:46:00.000-06:002006-03-19T22:21:16.083-06:00Author visitsI was at a booksigning by Lisa Scottoline last night. Now, I've been to a number of signings with Lisa before and know how much she loves libraries. She's witty, intelligent, and a very entertaining speaker. I heartily recommend contacting her to anyone considering an author visit as a program. Authors can be a wonderful draw for a program at your library. If you don't already Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1137982043079567312006-01-22T18:55:00.000-06:002006-01-22T20:07:23.126-06:00Book ReviewTitle: Beyond a Wicked KissAuthor: Jo GoodmanPublisher: Kensington/ZebraYear: 2004Series: Compass Club #4Genre: RomanceSubgenre: Historical/RegencyFormat: PaperbackStatus: In PrintReview: Jo Goodman is one of those really enjoyable authors that I think few people know about. A friend of mine turned me onto her when she started this series, and I eagerly anticipated every installment.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1136351942362060152006-01-03T23:06:00.000-06:002006-01-03T23:19:02.376-06:00Belated Happy New Year!This would have gone up yesterday, however the computer that I was working on decided to take a nosedive and crash. I have yet to hear if there are any survivors as it was/is my parents' spare computer.If you're are coming to librarianship from another career or are considering moving to our fair industry from another field, check out the discussion on the NMRT-L listserv.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1134709591897750062005-12-15T23:03:00.000-06:002005-12-15T23:06:31.906-06:00"Under the Banner of Heaven" news storyFor those who may be doing Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer in an upcoming bookclub meeting, you might want to check out this CNN story for potential discussion.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1132760337688052772005-11-23T09:37:00.000-06:002005-11-23T09:38:57.700-06:00Happy ThanksgivingFor those in the US, have a safe, happy, and tummy-filling holiday.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1132294587285520562005-11-18T00:06:00.000-06:002005-11-18T00:16:28.166-06:00Publication creditsA productive day for my first full day of vacation. I finished the really rough draft of my contribution to the forthcoming book "A Day in the Life" edited by Priscilla Shontz of LISCareer.com. After I do some minor edits tomorrow, it will be winging its way to her inbox.I also heard back from Nann Blaine Hilyard, one of the editors for the Perspectives column in Public Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1131378894888872122005-11-07T09:30:00.000-06:002005-11-07T09:54:54.946-06:00Collection Development: MusicI'm responsible for suggesting titles for the popular music section of my library's collection. I'm more of a reader than a music listener, so I need some help with knowing who's hot outside of my preferred music category. Some of my favorite resources:VH1 Fresh - for new musicEntertainment Weekly - I use the library's subscription to check out reviews and Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1130387569653141162005-10-26T23:32:00.000-05:002005-10-26T23:32:49.663-05:00A BIG detourSOX WIN!!! SOX WIN!!! SOX WIN!!!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1129784189825613672005-10-19T23:56:00.000-05:002005-10-19T23:56:29.860-05:00More ISBN-13
Targeted towards those who publish books, it's still a good head's up resource: ISBN-13 For DummiesKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1129652650944906562005-10-18T11:24:00.000-05:002005-10-18T11:24:10.986-05:00Non-Fiction Readers' Advisory
For those looking for more information on NFRA, the handouts from the ALA program have been uploaded to the RUSA CODES website.
ALA | Readers AdvisoryKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1129528602998652462005-10-17T00:52:00.000-05:002005-10-17T00:56:43.003-05:00A little detour...SOX WIN!!! SOX WIN!!! SOX WIN!!! And now, back to your regularly scheduled LIS commentary:In case you haven't seen it, ISBN-13 is set to be released in January 2007. Kind of hard to believe that they've turned into the phone company (come on, how many area codes do we need?!), but I'm not surprised as I recently discovered two sets of duplicate ISBN's.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1128319306230512022005-10-03T00:55:00.000-05:002005-10-03T01:01:46.240-05:00Question about ISBNsIf anyone out there is familiar with the process of the assignment and reassignment of ISBNs, could you e-mail me through the contact form?The question/situation is that I was entering books into LibraryThing.com and discovered that two of my books had their ISBNs assigned to other books, from a different publisher, that were released about 10+ years later. I know that the Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1126587492332972572005-09-12T23:37:00.000-05:002005-09-12T23:58:12.356-05:00Social tagging and RAThere's a new social tagging site making it's way around the library e-world: LibraryThing.com. While I'll probably be a late adopter, if ever, of del.icio.us and I do use Flickr sparingly, I'm ready to jump on the bandwagon of LibraryThing.Do I hear you asking why?While the other tagging sites get our information organization juices flowing, LibraryThing has the potential Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1126068295072427442005-09-06T23:42:00.000-05:002005-09-06T23:44:55.076-05:00Call for SubmissionsFrom Priscilla Shontz at LISCareer.com: I am editing a book that will briefly describe various career options available to those with a masters in library science (or equivalent, for non-US librarians). It will include traditional library careers (public, academic, school, special library) as well as nontraditional jobs (vendor, publisher, other). Though the primary audienceKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1126025273589911222005-09-06T11:43:00.000-05:002005-09-06T11:47:53.596-05:00Book ReviewTitle: Death at Wentwater CourtAuthor: Carola DunnPublisher: KensingtonYear: 2000Series: Daisy Dalrymple, #1Genre: MysterySubgenre: CozyFormat: PaperbackStatus: Out of PrintReview: It’s 1923 England and the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple can’t understand why everyone feels the need to confide their deepest, darkest secrets in her. Daisy is on assignment for Town and Country to Wentwater Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1125971628531146852005-09-05T20:50:00.000-05:002005-09-05T20:53:48.543-05:00New FeaturetteI've decided that since one of my favorite things about librarianship is readers' advisory, I should probably post what I'm reading. I won't post everything that I read, but what I will do is do a review of some of them. Look for the first one or few in the next few days as I have to decide on a format first.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1125771582095150132005-09-03T13:18:00.000-05:002005-09-03T13:19:42.100-05:00Just a pointerCheck out Librarian's Rant for a great listing on resources for Katrina relief.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1124169090594998192005-08-16T00:09:00.000-05:002005-08-16T00:11:30.603-05:00Have any thoughts on the librarian shortage?The editors of the PERSPECTIVES column in Public Libraries are looking for your input. Public library folk, your perspective is welcome!******************************************************“What in the world does a librarian do? It’s up to you!”That was the text of an ALA poster that I hung in my office in 1975, when I began my first job as a real Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1121057982795704752005-07-10T23:43:00.000-05:002005-07-10T23:59:42.803-05:00ALA ReflectionsIt's been almost two weeks since the conclusion of the 2005 ALA Annual Conference here in Chicago. In some ways, it feels like it's been much longer and in others, much shorter. I've been trying to synthesize the conference in my mind so that I could report here. Three things, concepts, what-have-you have stuck with me.The first comes from the Opening General Session which Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1120536525037803102005-07-04T23:03:00.000-05:002005-07-04T23:08:45.043-05:00ALA recoveryI meant to post about ALA much sooner than this, but I'm still trying to get my brain back in order. This post is to let you all know that I've decided to take a little summer vacation. I've been feeling overwhelmed with getting ready for ALA, going to ALA, and now trying to recover from ALA. There are still a lot of things that I need to wrap up from the conference that I just Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1119591474984182032005-06-24T00:32:00.000-05:002005-06-24T00:37:54.990-05:00Chicago Tidbit #23Okay, my final tidbit isn't an event or entertainment or eatery or anything like that. It's a strong piece of advice. We're supposed to be hitting near record temperature highs this weekend, so please, please, please remember to stay cool and hydrated throughout the day. Spending the conference sick will be no fun whatsoever. And with that cheery thought, have a wonderful Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1119500079738824492005-06-22T22:59:00.000-05:002005-06-22T23:14:39.743-05:00Chicago Tidbit #22If you're a morning person, check out the NBC5 News Today show. This is Chicago's version/preshow to the New York Today show. Weekday broadcasts begin at 5 a.m. and weekend shows begin at 6 a.m. If you're at the Sheraton, it's right across the street.Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1119413519023214992005-06-21T23:10:00.000-05:002005-06-21T23:11:59.030-05:00Chicago Tidbit #21In case you haven't heard, the Critical Mass Bike Ride occurs the last Friday of every month and guess what this Friday is? Meet at Daley Plaza (55 W. Randolph) with your bike at 5:30 pm is you want to ride with them.Metromix listingKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1119325143446659832005-06-20T22:27:00.000-05:002005-06-20T22:39:03.453-05:00Reading TidbitsOkay, a little something extra for the night. If you're still looking for something to read on your way to and from Chicago, here's what's caught my eye lately:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - audio version - ready by Stephen Fry. Do I need to say more?Black Rose by Nora Roberts - second book in her In The Garden trilogy. Romance with an older heroine and Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5670977.post-1119322913876001572005-06-20T21:50:00.000-05:002005-06-20T22:01:53.883-05:00Chicago Tidbit #20You may remember that I talked about the Taste in an earlier Tidbit. Well, if you're planning on attending any of the programs outside of McCormick Place, the Taste is going to be your biggest obstacle in getting there on time. Give yourself enough time for the shuttle to get you around it. If you're tight on time, though, either renting a bike (also an earlier Tidbit) or Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09404698893551531546noreply@blogger.com