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Mon, 29 May 2006

Episode 029: William S. Hein & Co.
Monday, May 29, 2006
Playing time: 1:01:14

A sound-seeing tour of law book publisher William S. Hein & Co., Inc. (HeinOnline, Electronic Green Slips, law journals, reprints of legal classics). Featuring interviews with Scott Fiddler (VP Sales & Marketing) and Shannon Hein (Manager, Sales).

Do you have any advice on the job search? As an employer, what would you like candidates to know? As a candidate, what do you wish employers would do or not do? Tell me about it for an upcoming episode.
Half-time music: Robin Sylar, Can't Judge a Book
Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge Invitation is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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Tue, 23 May 2006

Episode 028: Cool Jobs

Episode 028: Cool Jobs
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Playing time: 55:31

Congratulations to UB Law Librarianship Program graduates Jen Behrens, Ann Chase, Dennis Harlow, and Johanna Braciak.
Law librarians who think their jobs are pretty cool. This week's guests: Kirsten Wurmann, Public Legal Education Librarian (University of Alberta, Faculty of Extension, Legal Studies Program); Connie Crosby, law firm librarian, blogger, and CALL & TALL Executive Board member.
Also, a voice comment from Nancy Babb.

Do you have a cool job? Tell me about it.
Do you have any advice on the job search? As an employer, what would you like candidates to know? As a candidate, what do you wish employers would do or not do? Tell me about it.
Half-time music: Geoff Smith, Quit My Day Job (from the Podsafe Music Network)
Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge Invitation is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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Sun, 14 May 2006

Episode 027: Writing, Publishing, and Tenure

Episode 027: Writing Groups for Librarians
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Playing time: 1:15:32

Lunchcast from Byblos Restaurant with Nancy Babb and Cindi Tysick.

Cynthia Tysick & Nancy Babb, "Writing Support for Junior Faculty Librarians: a case study." Journal of Academic Librarianship 32, no. 1 (2006): 94-100.

From the Cool Things at Our Library program at the CALL/ACBD 2006 Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Alberta
Nancy McCormack, Reference Librarian, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

COLAJ: Canadian Online Library and Archives Journal

Intro music: Tamara Nile, Get Together
Technical Services Challenge Invitation is still on!
Podcasters Across Borders, Kingston, Ontario, June 23-24, 2006.
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Thu, 11 May 2006

Episode 026: Doing the Cross-Disciplinary Conga in Edmonton

Episode 026: Doing the Cross-Disciplinary Conga in Edmonton
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Playing time: 1:30:00

A program presented at the 2006 CALL/ACBD (Canadian Association of Law Libraries) Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Alberta, on Tuesday, May 9, 2006.

Speakers:

Annette Demers, Reference Librarian, Paul Martin Law Library, University of Windsor.
Anne Crocker, Law Librarian, Gerard V. La Forest Law Library, University of New Brunswick.
Beatrice Tice, Chief Librarian, Bora Laskin Law Library, University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
Judith Garber, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta.
Bonnie Preece, Manager, Academic Relations- Online, Carswell.