I recently came across this talk on the Idea of future of libraries.

5 Tips for Getting Started. Please update your bookmarks and resubscribe to the Cool Tools News on the new site. 15 Things Every Teacher Should Try This Year. Inspired by one done by a student, Austin Gagnier.

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Announcing my latest WordPress security plugin, Banhammer! It makes monitoring site traffic and banning unwanted guests waay too much fun. Navigate logged requests via slick Ajax UI, and enable sound effects for banning and warning bad users and bots. Check out the video on YouTube. And download Banhammer from the WP Plugin Directory. On certain server setups, WordPress is vulnerable to an email interception attack.

Formally a user experience librarian. An ALA 2015 Emerging Leader. Substituting Multiple Strings in Airtable. Thanks to W Vann Hall. Over on the Airtable Forums, I was able to figure out the formula I needed. In JotForm, people select book covers to indicate which book they like. A Zapier zap takes that submission and puts it in my Airtable.

slightly less mild-mannered librarian by night. Monday, October 13, 2014. Write arounds for topic selection. A couple weeks ago one of the Humanities teachers approached me about introducing some resources for students who would be doing research papers on World War I. As we talked, I realized that my introduction of resources would be the the. Wanted this to go well.

Enjoy these photos of our lucky iPad winner, Guinevere Forshey of Crandall Library, receiving her iPad at CDLC in July. swf? CE Certificates and a Survey.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013. Call for 2014-2015 ALA and Council Committee Volunteers. Committee appointments will be finalized at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, and notifications will be sent out later that spring.