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John J. Burke, MSLS Director, Gardner-Harvey Library Miami University Middletown 4200 E. University Blvd. Middletown, OH 45042 burkejj@muohio.edu (513) 727-3293 (phone) (513) 727-3434 (fax)

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Samuel Johnson

"For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength." I Corinthians 1:25

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Resources and Documents Ohio Academic Libraries Search Ohio Regional Campus Search Library Technology Companion Blog Library Technology Awareness Resources The Big List of Ohio Libraries and Library Organizations (being updated) Saving and Using Images in Documents and Presentations (Word) Using Full-Text Articles and Other Digital Documents in the Blackboard Classroom (Word) The InfoMan's Blog Links to Internet searching presentations and recommended tools Links to blogging resources Activities & Associations A brief resume. Academic Library Association of Ohio (member). ALAO Support Staff Interest Group (past chair, '04-'05). Library Leadership Ohio (2002 grad - see this article). Ohio Library Support Staff Institute (steering committee, '02-'05). The Community and Junior College Libraries section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association (member) My Books Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion, 2nd ed. Neal-Schuman Library Technology Companion Intronet: A Beginner's Guide to Searching the Internet Learning the Internet: A Workbook for Beginners

Presentations & Workshops Textbooks on Reserve Programs at Regional Campus Libraries (Presentation with Krista McDonald at AURCO 2008). You Can't Do That!: Library-Initiated Textbooks on Reserve Programs (Presentation with Krista McDonald at ALAO 2007). Calling on Q: Library Applications of Mashups and Customized Search Engines (Speed update at OPAL '007). Defeating Dr. No: Library Initiated Textbooks on Reserve Programs (Presentation with Krista McDonald at OPAL '007). Here is the PowerPoint and the handout (PDF). Life Preserver or Anchor?:  Implementing a Textbooks on Reserve Program in the Library (Poster session with Krista McDonald at ACRL 2007) Here is the handout from the session and a file of slides from the poster itself (both in PDF). Next Steps: Continuing Your Education and Pursuing Certification - OLSSI 2006 - links Part-Time Author, Full-Time Librarian - Ohio Library Council Annual Conference 2005 Extreme Makeover: Library Edition - OPAL Annual Conference 2005 Beyond Point and Click -- Taking Web-Based Pedagogy to a New Level - ODCE 2005 To Blog, Or Not to Blog - TLTR Workshop 2005 Linking Electronic Reserves and Library Database Articles in Blackboard - TLTR Workshop 2004 Educational Opportunities for Library Support Staff in Ohio - OLSSI 2003 Effective Web Searching Strategies - OLSSI 2003 How Emerging Trends and Technologies Will Affect the Library - ALAO-SSIG 2003 Ohio Library Support Staff Institute - ALAO 2002 The Year of Living Dangerously: Our First Year of Web-Based Library Technology Courses - ALAO 2001 Important Stuff Daily Manna from the 'Net Bible Gateway Scripture Search CrossSearch Type 1 & Insulin Pump Support Group

Librarianate - a bit of background on the term
v. 1. To act in a manner that the general populace would characterize as "being a librarian" (i.e. cataloging socks, feeling compelled to answer any and all questions raised in conversation). 2. To excel in the work of a librarian for a momentary or prolonged time period ("Rita was really librarianating today!" or "Simply put, Ms. Nelson librarianates more than anyone else in the department.")
n. The massed collection of librarians in a locality or within a political boundary ("This letter is addressed to the librarianate of Sioux Falls, Idaho" or "As I gazed around the convention hall, the diversity of the librarianate therein gathered astounded me.")