Let’s start with the biggie. I am a registered Green, and proud of it, and I swore not to vote for a Democrat (or a Republican) in a presidential campaign again. However, the time has come for me to change my mind and vote for Obama. I hope you will too. Because we live in [...]
Entries from October 2008
Political Positions – Election 2008
October 30th, 2008 · View Comments
Tags: Politics
Technology Tools 2008
October 22nd, 2008 · View Comments
I made the following presentation at Internet Librarian 2008 this past Sunday and will repeat it again on Friday at the Developing Information Communities Professional Day Workshop for the Gold Coast Library Network.
Tags: Library · Technology · teaching
Blog Action Day: Poverty
October 15th, 2008 · View Comments
Today is Blog Action Day 2008 and our focus this year is on poverty. It is a day when bloggers around the world can unite together to highlight an issue. I’m happy to participate and hope that it contributes to global awareness around poverty. Despite the fiscal crisis taking place in the United States, we [...]
Mindfulness at Work
October 1st, 2008 · View Comments
I am the Library Director at a large community college in Santa Barbara, California. For the past three years I have been leading a weekly, and for one semester daily, meditation on campus. It is called “Meditation in the Library” and all students, faculty, and staff are invited to participate. The purpose is two fold: [...]