Library Stuff

I’m way behind. I only know 2 on this list. Must. Learn. (via)

Two stories (one sick, one hilarious) from the St. Paul Pioneer Press:

“‘There are the occasional doozies — such as the woman who called to say her son had gotten a notice his books were overdue, and she wanted us to know that he was deceased and that the books were locked in his apartment because it was a crime scene. Turns out she had murdered him herself.

‘Or the woman who came in with half a dozen books in the back of her son’s stroller. She apologized for keeping them out past the due date, but the baby had come early and she had been too busy to bring them back before now. The librarian asked how old the baby was, and she pointed to the child in the stroller and said: ’2.’ ‘”

WOW!

“SirsiDynix, the global leader in strategic technology solutions for libraries, announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a $1 billion private equity firm focused solely on investing in software and technology-enabled businesses.”

Stephen, fill us in.

Tagβulb is a neat application for searching for one tag in numerous engines. Del.icio.us is missing, which is odd, but I like this as a quick way to look up what people are tagging with keywords of interest. Lovely.

I’m not much of a “tagger”, but I use them alot to keep up. (via)

Maryam Scoble interviews: Dr. Hazel Hall, Marydee Ojala, and Karen Blakeman. Yay!

She also interviewed Liz Lawley a few weeks ago. Man, what a name-dropper post this turned out to be.

BTW, I’m totally addicted with Robert Scoble’s link blog. I look forward to his new links more than his blog posts. Heh.