Mayo Clinic presentation recap
On June 21 I traveled to Rochester, Minnesota, with Augsburg College colleagues to talk about LibGuides with the Mayo Clinic librarians. They’d been intrigued after one of them saw the nursing guide I created for Augsburg.
deathref in American Libraries Direct!
This is becoming old news, but I still want to share: My post at the Death Reference Desk about Premature Burial Device Patents was featured in the February 10 edition of American Libraries Direct, the e-newsletter for the American Library Association. Nice! Click “Continue Reading” below to see a screenshot of the blurb, or check out the full newsletter. DeathRef is mentioned fourth from the bottom.
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 the habit [...]
degreed!
It is official; I am a graduate of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia with an MLIS. Hooray! Actual commencement was May 21. Having missed the inordinately early and devilishly well-concealed cap-and-gown deadline, I was not in attendance and thus have no capstone photos of me in full graduation regalia. (Awww.)
ACRL
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!
please report sticky doors, uneven floors
After several long hours playing mercy with WordPress and combing my brain for brilliance, I’ve coaxed, begged and strong-armed this website into being. Welcome! I’m Meg Holle. You may know me from such world wide websites as Facebook and deepsicks.com, and possibly even in the flesh as mild-mannered library student Margaret but-you-can-call-me Meg. This is my portfolio site—a professional online presence for me to showcase my work and talk shop. [...]
watch your head
megholle.com is under construction. Thanks for your patience!
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