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3 May 2007 @ 11am

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back in LIS land

I’m teaching my LIS course (”Social Software and Libraries”) again this summer and the term starts on Monday. I’ve spent most of the past couple of weeks tuning up the blog, updating the syllabus, working on the assignments & due dates, and figuring out how to archive last year’s course blog/site, while updating it [...]


growing the community

I have an embarassment of posts-in-draft to share, but alas, I probably won’t get to them for a few more weeks as this mess of activity keeps me occupied. I did want to pop in to say hello (hello!) and that my LIS course started last week and that we hit the ground running and [...]


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11 June 2006 @ 9pm

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talk/teach

on course-planning

It’s not very nice to put out a little teaser on something, promise to tell you more about it, and then just about disappear for three weeks, now is it? Of course, I’m speaking about the course I mentioned. The truth is, I haven’t buckled down to work on it nearly as conscientiously as I [...]


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15 May 2006 @ 8am

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LIS course in Social Software

Remember that LIS course I mentioned that I’d be teaching on social software this Fall? Well, it’s now become priority #1, the next few months will be devoted almost exclusively to developing the content and getting it in shape for the Fall term. Here’s the syllabus, slightly modified since I first submited it to the [...]


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18 March 2006 @ 9am

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op-ed

again with the new

I’ve just signed back the contract so it’s probably safe to tell you: I’ve signed on as a Lecturer at The University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS). What will I be teaching? A special topics course: “Social Software and Libraries”. Starts this Fall.
I’m brimming with excitement! I’ve been [...]