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  WJ Birthday Memories: Five from the beginning

  May 12th, 2008 | Permalink | Comment?

  Kicking off the WebJunction birthday week is WJ Executive Director Marilyn Gell Mason with her memorable “fives” from the founding of WebJunction.

  1. Five partners who wrote and received the original grant from the Gates Foundation to create WJ: Benton Foundation, Colorado State Library, ISOPH, TechSoup, and OCLC.
  2. Five days before submission of the proposal when Mike Teets and I met in Dublin to organize all the pieces created by the partners. I kept wandering the halls of OCLC saying, “There’s something missing” until it finally came to me in a dream. Mike ended up chasing a fed ex truck in the rain to make sure the paper copy of the report got to Seattle on time.
  3. Five days before launch in May, 2003. Don’t ask. Some of us survived.
  4. Launch event at the Library of Congress. And the staff party that followed.
  5. The go live moment when people, real people, started signing in and using WJ. We discovered that DC had been omitted from the states list.

  We invite you to share your memories of WebJunction from the distant or not so distant past. Comment here in the blog or add your list of five to the memories discussion thread.

• 5th Birthday, Celebrations, Online Collaboration, Tim

  Celebrating Five Years of WebJunction Community

  May 10th, 2008 | Permalink | Comment?

  Monday WebJunction turns five! In this web-based world where the shelf life of blog posts and RSS feeds is measured in hours, five years is a major milestone that we couldn’t have reached without all of you.

  In honor of the occasion, we thought it appropriate to share some of our memories, invite you to share yours, and generally enjoy a fun week of both looking back and looking forward.
  Where shall we start?

  First of all we have a little recap of WebJunction history. We take you from the the WebJunction launch in 2003 at the Library of Congress to updates on some of our favorite programs and events.

  We’ve also thought it would be fun to share our personal memories of WebJunction and related library experiences. We’ve created a discussion forum where we hope members will share some of their favorites. Already we have well wishes (thanks Maddog!) and a few WJ team recollections. Please add yours!

  Also this week WJ staffers plan to share some of our personal “top fives” on the blog. The scuttlebutt I hear around the office hints at topics like favorite programs, shoes, WJ member milestones, memorable meals, conference swag, stories and more. I can’t wait to see what surfaces.

  If you’d like to get in on the action and share a five (or two), I invite you to either drop us a note in the blog comments or add your list of five to the memories discussion thread.

  It should be fun week. Stay tuned!

• 5th Birthday, Celebrations, Community Building, Library Management, Online Collaboration, Teens, Tim

  Move over Free Cone Day: Saturday is Free Comics!

  May 3rd, 2008 | Permalink | Comment?

  Each year in the Spring, Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream runs a “free cone” promo at their stores. Kids (and parents) line up around the block—last year my two ice cream junkies waited 40 minutes—40 minutes on line and the cone was gone in five! Luckily, the goodies from Free Comic Book Day should last quite a bit longer (and could bring returns for years).

  All you need to do is stop by a participating comic store and make your free pick from a selection of titles like Archie, Superman, Hellboy, World of Aspen, X-men, Tiny Titans and many more. Seriously. These are free. I know you are thinking: “What’s the catch?” Nothing is free, right?

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