For those at the UGA Libraries, there is an internal mentoring program via the Professional Development & Research Committee. too.New Member's Roundtable of ALA offers a mentoring program:----Have you been a librarian for 5 years or less? Do you sometimes feel you have professional questions to ask and no one to direct them to? Do you find yourself wondering, in the midst of hardcore budget season, or in that massive collection development strategy meeting...What the heck are they talking about?

Code4Lib Journal is a free online journal covering library software, issues & more. There is a rss feed for those who want to subscribe via google reader, bloglines, or another reader.Openbook (a plugin for Wordpress) sounds really interesting.

Although not specifically library related, considering how many seminars, workshops, and conferences we all attend, this might be an interesting webinar (and free!)Second Circle Event Technologies - Beyond Registration to Community EngagementSeptember 18, 20082:00 PM EDT | Register Now!Events and meetings are a critical element of your overall market relationship management (MRM) strategy -

Although a good portion of what I read in terms of change in libraries is cataloging/metadata/systems related (metadata for electronic & digital objects, nex-gen catalogs, rda, opensource ILS, products to enhance user experience that work with the existing catalog (e.g., vufind, etc.), changes in LC policy, etc.), occasionally an article which is more reference oriented wanders across my desk.

I can't cover ALL of the stuff that I read that is interesting, so I thought I'd do a quick roundup from my google reader box (today's topic: twitter!).

Which domains do you need? Web Worker Daily answers this timely question. I just had a conversation with a colleague at lunch yesterday about digital identity and developing a digital presence. One step in developing a digital identity is to figure out what your website moniker should be, which then of course can be used for email, too. I've been thinking a lot lately about digital identity lately. I think it is going to be a huge issue in the future.

Friday (8/1/08) I attended the GOLD/GALILEO Annual Users Group Conference. This conference gets better and better every year and I think the session offerings get better, too.The keynote speaker was funny and enthusiastic (Cliff Landis) -- always a plus. I attended a session on website redesign, blogging, and the third, on the GALILEO Institutional Repository project.The first session was on website redesign.

Collaborating In The Cloudhttp://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=collaborating-in-the-cloud-1211649031746821-8&stripped_title=collaborating-in-the-cloudview presentation (tags: collaboration

So, I thought instead of just answering questions via my mailbox or the comments, I would take those questions and expand them into a little post.Question: How to put a widget (Youtube badge, del.icio.us feed, facebook profile, etc.) you into Drupal? What module is needed?Answer: While there are modules for many social networking sites, depending on how the content will be used, a module may not be necessary.