Michael Stephens' trading card

This card has now become very collectible, as Michael has been traded to Dominican University’s GSLIS

I say Michael will “Tame Academe” as a play on his blog’s title, Tame the Web, but if anything, he will be shaking it up. Michael announced today in his post, Reinvention, that he will be leaving his job at St. Joseph County Public Library for a full-time, tenure track job on the faculty at Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University.

Michael, that is HOT! ;) My very sincere congratulations.

I “met” Michael on iChat at Internet Librarian 2005, and since that time we have carried on an IM and email conversation. I consider Michael a friend and colleague, and am very excited for him. I expect him to make me want to take back all the snarky things I ever said about library school faculty (and, Michael, be sure they keep the word “library” in the name of the school, OK?).

A brief aside on what a dope I am: for years when I saw anything about the library school at “Dominican,” I thought it was in the Dominican Republic. Sheesh, what a dope.

Edited to add: check out my contribution to the congratulationsmichael Flickr tag.