Karen of the South West Iowa Library Service area was serious when she said she was blogging my session. I’m still not used to people…

The PPT of my USB presentation, mentioned earlier today, is now available for downloading on my presentations page.

One rural IA librarian just shared the story of a patron who was looking to buy a used car. The patron found the listing, took…

Yes folks, Rocky 6 will be released on December 22nd. Mark your calendars then check out the trailer.

“What you’ve put on your action plan my be written in pen, but it’s not written in stone.” — Michelle Leininger, State Library of Iowa

IA Rural Sustainability Workshops Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian. For those looking for them, photos from this trip can be found in their own flickr set.

Here’s another idea that I just heard, advertise the fact that your library has a shredder. If you have more than one, maybe hold a…

Here at the IA Rural Sustainability conference, we’re currently talking about what libraries can do for their patrons. One librarian just shared with us the…

Here’s the story of someone who bough a new Dell laptop and found a keylogger built into the computer without his permission. The Department of…

I just had the following IM conversation. (Other person’s IM name withheld) [07:34] xxxxxxxxxxxx: Good Morning [07:37] msauers: Sorry, not recognizing your IM name… [07:37]…