2009

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I’m a librarian–or maybe not.

I’m a librarian–or maybe not.

If you teach for a living, you’re called a teacher.  If you go to work at a firehouse, you’re likely called a fire fighter.  But if you work in a public or private school library, you are probably not a librarian.  A variety of titles have been created to describe the job of running a [...]

7 Steps for Manual WordPress Upgrade

7 Steps for Manual WordPress Upgrade

Because I always have to review these steps, I decided to post them.
1. Download via FTP all folders and files.
2. Login to admin Dashboard and deactivate plugins.
3. Download latest version of  WordPress.
4. Extract and upload new version’s folders and files … all EXCEPT the WP-CONTENT folder.
5. Regarding the WP-CONTENT folder: leave uploads subfolder on server, [...]

In Cushing’s Defense

USA Today’s recent story about Cushing Academy’s radically new library, “School chooses Kindle; are libraries for the history ‘books’?”, got me thinking about my own little library transformation. I’m happy I did it. Believing in an busy library and a broad range of services, I really had no choice.
With the help of several [...]


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