tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6202200510692329902009-11-17T09:43:56.731-05:00Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-13079576006008574322009-11-17T09:33:00.003-05:002009-11-17T09:40:16.287-05:00

I will be attending the second annual CUA SLIS Symposium, "Bridging the Spectrum" to present on "Government 2.0 for the Competitive Intelligence Professional." My 15 minute talk will focus on how to mine the governments' use of social media tools for access to the latest information, focusing specifically on Twitter and data.gov.I'm excited to explore this area as it is just evolving.

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-2207538115626107262009-06-12T13:55:00.004-04:002009-06-25T14:33:33.894-04:00

SLA conference is here! I'll be attending sessions on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday so it will make for quite a busy week coming up.My Contributed Paper is also online and available here.My schedule looks something like this:Saturday: How to Become a Federal Librarian Sunday: Exhibits and Colin Powell's opening keynoteTuesday: SLA Contributed Papers session...where I'll be presenting

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-72594495556345298972009-06-07T22:10:00.004-04:002009-06-07T22:20:09.036-04:00

I just got back from the most wonderful vacation the other week! I traveled down to North Carolina for one of my best friend's weddings. First, Matt and I stopped off at Durham to visit some of his old grad school friends. The next morning we hit the road to the Murphy's mountain house outside of Mars Hill North Carolina in the Pisgah National Forest. The first couple of days were spent up at

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-4386338706168712942009-05-18T14:34:00.004-04:002009-05-18T14:47:58.557-04:00

You can find the article I wrote for this year's Best Practices document here.My article is on page 60 of the pdf file.

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-44459808061381114692009-05-08T13:47:00.001-04:002009-05-08T13:49:00.590-04:00

I had no idea they were still doing marbling!

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-63403539409488420562009-04-15T15:10:00.002-04:002009-04-15T15:15:33.007-04:00

I've started experimenting some more with Twitter...you can follow me at klyall.

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-86183302635315398722009-03-30T10:46:00.000-04:002009-03-30T10:47:24.584-04:00

Simple and easy to understand video by OMB Watch.

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-11238795726896545342009-03-15T17:40:00.002-04:002009-03-15T19:03:10.358-04:00

According to an article in Information Week, Vivek Kundra, recently appointed CIO for the Obama administration, is on leave because the FBI is investigating some of his co-workers from the DC government.There has been so much speculation about the CIO/CTO position and hope for a radical transformation in government IT and information management that this new development really puts a damper on

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-15368625403559337622009-03-06T12:22:00.003-05:002009-03-06T12:28:58.244-05:00

Dear Rep. Conyers,U.S. taxpayers should have free access to the important scientific, technical, and medical information they fund. Why are you trying to take this access away? Did you get a kickback from an STM publisher?Sincerely,Concerned CitizenI particularly enjoyed this author's take on the situation.

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-32823108954528452162009-03-06T09:28:00.003-05:002009-03-06T09:54:25.589-05:00

I've finally joined the masses writing about Twitter. I've known about the service for awhile now and even signed up for an account. I just sent my first "tweet" or short message this week. However, I had been doubting the hype surrounding this new service. Like alot of other people I thought this was just another way for people to announce all the little details of their daily lives to the

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-30591921442011811522009-02-22T18:51:00.003-05:002009-02-22T18:55:43.443-05:00

A couple weeks ago I received a call from Scholarships for Scholars about speaking at their upcoming awards ceremony. As a senior in highschool I received a college scholarship from this group. I agreed to speak at the event as a way to give thanks for the funding they provided me. This is my second speaking engagement for 2009! Maybe I should consider joining the speaker circuit!?! Who

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-64844767855130014852009-02-05T16:27:00.002-05:002009-02-22T19:28:30.290-05:00

I highly enjoyed the Start-Up Librarian article over at Library Journal. The author Kyle Jones, talks about how libraries should think more like start-ups when hiring and developing staff members. Jones uses examples from Google where cut down hierarchy and allow for innovation. I personally would love to see more workplaces adopt this style. Since I work in a small office I am lucky to have

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-19328261191508165242009-02-05T10:18:00.003-05:002009-02-22T19:16:27.061-05:00

The Washington Post Fed Page had an interesting article about federal contracting where they discuss how the federal contract workforce has grown quite a lot over the years and is operates a "shadow government" workforce. As a federal contractor myself this article was very relevant. One of the trends in the federal library community is to contract out part of the library staff or the entire

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-10607517506751861942009-02-05T10:01:00.003-05:002009-02-22T19:05:02.483-05:00

I know I'm a little behind on this news but for all you gov info geeks out there the Government Printing Office has rolled out their new information management system: FDsys which stands for Federal Digital System. I plan on giving it a test drive soon.I was pleasantly surprised to see it covered by the Post. The Fed Page gave a quick blurb here. The Post provides a longer article here where

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-47222886583804152582009-02-03T16:26:00.001-05:002009-02-03T16:41:28.480-05:00

I ran my blog through the TypealyzerResults follow pretty closely to my personality!ISTJ - The Duty Fulfillers The responsible and hardworking type. They are especially attuned to the details of life and are careful about getting the facts right. Conservative by nature they are often reluctant to take any risks whatsoever.The Duty Fulfillers are happy to be let alone and to be able to

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-40278091041263793602009-01-24T23:38:00.003-05:002009-01-27T16:03:42.914-05:00

I am happy to announce that my abstract, "Federal Government Information Goes Social? Inspiration from Change.gov" for the SLA Contributed Papers Session has been accepted for development into a full paper and presentation!! I was surprised and excited when I saw the email Saturday morning. Out of 44 submissions the committee selected 9 abstracts. I don't know who else or what other topics

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-87662561067276553452009-01-19T17:58:00.006-05:002009-01-27T15:56:17.220-05:00

MSNBC recently came out with an article proclaiming that Gen Y job-seekers are hit hard.The article argues that our nation's youngest workers are getting hit hardest in the recession because companies do not have the time or money to train new grads. I enjoyed Lindsey Pollak's blog post that was written partly in response to this article. She wants the media and general public to stop putting

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-52403875221947090892009-01-19T17:51:00.004-05:002009-01-23T12:54:51.981-05:00

I submitted an abstract for the Contributed Papers Session at SLA Annual about Government 2.0 and inspiration from the Change.gov website. I won't know whether it will be selected for full paper development for a few weeks. I have come to discover that there is so much being written about Gov 2.0 right now. The role of librarians and professional information managers is an interesting angle

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-7008754330685999032009-01-19T17:28:00.005-05:002009-01-23T12:49:32.724-05:00

As I start my professional career I am constantly thinking about my strengths, weaknesses, and marketable skills. I also think about what the future of the information profession will look like and what my role will be in the coming years. I got a good laugh out of this graphic today. Its message helps put the Google search engine in perspective.I use quite a few Google services but there is

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-88275861261196615632009-01-19T17:26:00.004-05:002009-01-23T12:46:51.408-05:00

On Thursday January 15 I attended the ASIST event, "Symposium on Information Policy in the New Administration" held at Catholic University. I drove down after work and let me tell you it was one of the coldest days in DC so far!! Brr...luckily I didn't have too much trouble finding the event location. I'm really glad I attended...I tend to geek out on government information policy, politics,

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-6843661250165691352008-12-15T13:49:00.002-05:002008-12-16T21:38:10.893-05:00

Check out my completed SLA 23 Things blogThe online tool that I was probably the most unsure of but turned out to really enjoy was the mind-mapping application Mindomo. The whole activity of setting up a blog and going through various online learning experiences really helped me to learn more about emerging technologies and to feel more connected to SLA. It also helped spur me to reinvigorate

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-61992247954873280972008-11-10T19:03:00.003-05:002008-11-10T19:19:01.228-05:00

Here I am in the front seat of the shuttle mock-up at the Johnson Space Center. I was in Houston for a work trip. Myself and other members of the Center for AeroSpace Information were there to exhibit the NASA STI database and conduct training for JSC employees and contractors. We had quite a trip! We were able to meet with the STI and library staff, visit the facilities and take VIP tours of

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-64900714244576555422008-09-24T13:39:00.013-04:002009-01-27T15:59:45.166-05:00

I've recently gotten involved with the Careers in Federal Libraries Google Group initiative. This is a joint effort between the ALA Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table, the SLA Military Librarians Division, and the SLA Government Information Division.The aim of this group is to bring federal librarians and those interested in a federal career together into one social space where they

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-48567158025564397892008-09-24T13:39:00.009-04:002008-09-27T21:44:32.818-04:00

As a librarian or information professional there is some pressure to "get published." This is particularly true for academic librarians, many of whom are on a "tenure track" much like professors and must always publish in order to move up the ladder and achieve tenure.However, for special librarians and those outside academia there are still many avenues towards getting published such as through

Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064791968966639444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-620220051069232990.post-46867102242317349572008-09-24T13:26:00.003-04:002008-09-27T21:26:13.818-04:00

The Special Libraries Association recently announced the 23 Things Challenge. What is the challenge you ask? And why does it involved 23 things? This initiative is meant to introduce web 2.0 technology to the novice and advanced librarian/info pro. We create a blog to record our experiences with such services as photo sharing, news readers, and mashups. The experience is meant to get info

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