I’m sitting in the cafe in the Barnes & Noble in Clive, IA (burb of Des Moines.) They’ve put plates over all of the wall outlets except one and the single open on is clearly labeled with “not for public use.” So much for trying to sit here all afternoon and spend money in the cafe while getting some writing done. Now I’ll have to leave after a few hours to find another place with an outlet. (Yes, I should have just left immediately and not spent anything at all but I’m afraid that if I find an excuse to not get started working now I’ll end up finding something else to occupy my time.)
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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