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Marylaine Block Writer, Speaker, "Librarian without Walls" marylaine at netexpress dot net

Since I left St. Ambrose University I've been publishing two e-zines for librarians, speaking at conferences, writing for both library publications and general interest magazines, and writing trade books for librarians. Best Information on the Net (BIOTN), which I created for St. Ambrose University in 1995, is now maintained by my former colleagues, but I took with me the parts of it where my personality leaked through, BookBytes and Neat New Stuff I Found on the Net This Week. You'll find them here, along with complete archives of all my other work.

My Word's Worth Over 300 columns I originally wrote as American correspondent for a British online magazine, and later for an American audience
MY WRITING The Thriving Library: Successful Strategies for Challenging Times, Net Effects: How Librarians Can Manage the Unintended Consequences of the Internet The Quintessential Searcher Complete List of Publications		OUTLINES FOR MY CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

Graphics credits: the ExLibris caricature of me in front of the computer is courtesy of Chris Hiers, the graphic artist who illustrated all the columns I wrote for Fox News Online, 1998-2000. The dragon is by my brother, Gordon Bagby. The bookworm is by Prof. Les Bell of St. Ambrose University. The bookcat I did myself, and is a fairly faithful replica of my late lamented Nickaninny in her favorite pose.