The April 15 issue of Parade Magazine listed corporate librarian as one of "the hottest jobs for college grads." Scroll down to the middle of the page to see the complete list.

Just trying this out. Great job Amy getting it figured out. Thanks for your hard work.
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Grayson Co. Law Library
Sherman

Just saw in the latest Texas Bar Journal that they are having their annual meeting in San Antonio next month. Instead of paper they are putting all the handouts on a flash drive and handing that out. It has the logo for the State Bar of Texas on it and it says "State Bar of Texas" on it as well. How cool and cutting edge is that??

Virginia

I forgot to say that on the ad for the flash drive it said

Put a library in your pocket

Handouts for the 2007 TLA Annual Conference are now available at the TLA website.

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Blogs. Surely you’ve heard of them, because you’re reading one right now. But do you really understand them? Do you hear others talking about blogs in the library/corporate/online world, yet you don’t know enough about them to ask the right questions?

The Rough Guide to Blogging is an introduction into the world of blogs, their history, presence and potential. In seventeen short chapters, author Jonathan Yang discusses the blogosphere, steps on creating and maintaining a blog, and a look at what other bloggers are doing today.

This is a small book and a fast read. If you’re new to blogs, this Rough Guide may be a good start. Even if the chapters on RSS feeds and starting a blog go over your head, you’ll still have a grasp of the possibilities that arise through blogging.

Yang examines the use of blogs in various fields, but librarianship is not one of them. Though there is a section on business blogs, special librarians will have to tap their own creativity to utilize blogs in their organizations. Still, The Rough Guide to Blogging is a good introductory starting point for all things blog-related.

The Rough Guide to Blogging
By Jonathan Yang (see author's blog)
ISBN 10: 1-84353-682-X
ISBN 13 : 978-1-84353-682-X

The Special Libraries Association Annual Conference is just around the corner. If you are going, please consider sharing your experiences, pictures, and bits of wisdom on this blog. Also, contact me (acoffin at gmail dot com) if you want to meet up.

Even if you're not going to the conference, you can still benefit from information produced by its attendees. For example:

Browse the conference wiki for ideas on how you can use wikis for library association events or in your own organization.

Check out the SLA2007 conference blog for happenings before, during and after the conference. Traffic on this blog will pick up around June 1, when attendees arrive in Denver. This is a good place to quickly get ideas. After the conference, pdf handouts, podcasts, etc. will be available, too.

The SLA2006 conference blog is still available, though no longer updated. There are links for presentation documents and podcasts as well.

Just some ideas for staying current in the profession when conference travel isn't in your budget.

If you don't know Stephen Abram, he's SLA's President-Elect. Today he brings us a link to the Top 100 Alternative Search Engines.

Do you have another alternative search engine that works for you? Comment and share it with us!

Recently, I read The Corporate Blogging Book by Debbie Weil and I really enjoyed it. The book makes a case for using blogs as communication tools in the business world.

This isn't a technical/how-to book, but it is helpful if you need some guidance in illustrating the value of organizational blogs, or if you need some ideas on their use.

The Corporate Blog Book also has it's own blog: BlogWriteForCEOs.com.