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birth of the death reference desk

A few months ago, once fellow Minneapolitan John Troyer, now a professor of death and dying practices at the University of Bath, England, approached me with a vision. Well, it was more like a statement: “We need a blog.” He and his colleague Kim Anderson, a public librarian in Portland, Oregon, were in [...]

Asides

• Thanks to the hounding encouragement of my colleagues at Augsburg (thanks, guys!), I'll be attending the Minnesota Library Association 2009 Conference in St. Cloud, MN, October 14-16. I recently became a member of the MLA -- it'll be great to meet some people and check the pulse of Minnesota libraries, including public ones (oo oo, there's a session on graphic novels -- my heart says yes but my head says hell yes). #
• I forget I can write asides with this blog... updates without the hassle of premeditated depth. In short: I've moved back to Minneapolis, MN, and am currently doing contract work with Augsburg College to create subject guides using the all-hailed LibGuides. The software isn't bad, but it definitely has its foibles and limitations, resulting in fist shakes and many "Guh!" exclamations. More on this, perhaps, later—given all the hype, I am definitely pleased to start playing around with them, not to mention grateful to have so quickly found library-related employment in this bled-dry job market, even if only short term. #
• I am biting the term paper bullet and running away to Seattle for four days for the ACRL Conference. Woo hoo! Get in touch if you'd like to meet up! #
• Thanks everyone for the feedback, mentioned here and through other streams. I've already made a few changes. A couple SLAISers (read: classmates) have asked me about my hosting and domain name. I use DreamHost, a most excellent provider (it is a United States server, but uh... c'mon, it's a new administration). Contact me if you have questions about setting up a site, figuring out your domain (registration, redirection) for an existing site, or if you'd be interested in carving off a piece of my pie in the sky series of tubes for super cheap. #
• Built-in microblogging! How courteous. #