Archive for September, 2007
More on Prison Libraries
September 23rd, 2007Washington Times - “The Bureau of Prisons is indefensibly coy about its recent dismantling of prison libraries, where venerable religious materials have been tossed from shelves in an extreme reaction to a government report intended to keep violent Islamic reading materials and recordings away from prisoners.”
Banned Books
September 23rd, 2007Tom Blackburn - “There’s nothing like a proposed book-banning to reassure readers that someone still cares.”
-Shushing
September 23rd, 2007Joyce Shelby - “Mack-Harvin is so determined to end the shushing that librarians from all 60 branches have been attending training sessions to get the word out about her approach.”
Big Brother
September 23rd, 2007Ryan Singel - “International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane. Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for years.” (via)
More on Stereotypes and Errors in MSM
September 23rd, 2007Frank Gray - “Most librarians, one suspects, view the stereotype with a little bit of humor. In fact, there’s even a librarian action figure, patterned after a real bun-wearing librarian, who, at the touch of a button, raises her hand to her mouth in a shushing motion.”
Do your homework people. Nancy Pearl is not [...]
Library School Blog Reading
September 22nd, 2007Library Moose - “hey one always needs stuff!”
Enjoy the blog moose.
Librarian Mug
September 22nd, 2007
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Originally uploaded by mvnhfotog
I’ve Always Loved This Performance.
September 22nd, 2007
More on Human Filtering - The Bad Kind
September 21st, 2007gjovaag - “Vigilante censorship doesn’t work.”
Say No To PowerPoint
September 21st, 2007Robert Scoble - “I love any conference that bans PowerPoint.”
They should do this for Internet Librarian.
Mercedes For Her B-Day
September 21st, 2007Oh man, and I only got her a sweater.
Now THAT is a Growing Family
September 21st, 2007Congrats to David Bigwood.
jordan trading card
September 21st, 2007
jordan trading card
Originally uploaded by champaign_librarian
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Buying Books
September 21st, 2007Steve Weber - ” Why are people unlike the books they buy?” (via)
Please Don’t Tell Me That This is Accurate
September 21st, 2007Jason Malone - “[L]ibrary staff in the computer room, from their staff desk computers, can see the text of any private, personal email a person there is writing, or their private information if they are paying a bill on-line on the computer, or if they are emailing a newspaper a criticism of the library director, [...]
Boys Are From Mars
September 21st, 2007Pia Chatterjee - “I was 16 when I discovered that in most instances, I preferred books to boys.”
More on Human Filtering - The Bad Kind
September 21st, 2007Edythe Jensen - “Patrons’ complaints about the Phoenix New Times and comedian George Carlin’s audio book When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? could lead to the publications being yanked from library shelves if the Chandler Library Board agrees they’re too racy, irreverent or politically incorrect for public consumption.”
Tension in Cataloging
September 21st, 2007Norm Medeiros - “This article describes the uncertain future of the online catalog, and the tension that exists between creating a cataloging code that meets user needs while adhering to principles deemed important by the cataloging community”
Reading is for Loosers!
September 21st, 2007
Reading is for Loosers!
Originally uploaded by Lost Dutchman
Irony noted.
Anonymous
September 20th, 2007Morgan Wilson - “Sometimes I think that if I were starting blogging today, I would choose to write under a pseudonym.”
I think I would do the same.
Boycott?
September 20th, 2007Connie Crosby - “Guess I was just playing devil’s advocate, stirring up trouble.”
It’s About Time
September 20th, 2007William Neuman - “All 277 underground stations in the subway system are to be wired for cellphone use, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced yesterday.”
More on Human Filtering - The Bad Kind
September 20th, 2007Carlos Sadovi - “After hearing from the district’s lawyers, the principal sent a letter to parents Monday informing them that the book would remain on the required reading list. He warned parents that if they directed their children not to read the book, it could “have a significant negative effect on the final course grade.”
The [...]
New WorldCat Stuff
September 20th, 2007OCLC - “OCLC continues to put social functionality into WorldCat.org in order to build a social network of the world’s library users”
This is Depressing
September 20th, 2007Reuters - “More than a quarter of respondents — or 28 percent — admitted spending less time socializing face-to-face with peers because of the amount of time they spend online. It also found that 20 percent said they spend less time having sex because they are online.”
I spend much less of my personal time online [...]
The Library Is a Nightclub
September 19th, 2007Jen Graves - “it was the happy, easy reunion of booze and books.”
Hike!
September 19th, 2007Michael Lorenzen - “Wow, there is a Fantasy Football Librarian blog!”
Fight The Power
September 19th, 2007ACLU Blog - “As expected, the government is appealing the ACLU’s March 2007 victory in the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) case.”
Monterey, Here We Come
September 19th, 2007I just made my reservations for Internet Librarian. I arrive on Sunday 10/28 at 8:00PM and leave on Thursday 11/1 at Noon. See ya there!
Well, Duh!
September 19th, 2007Inside Higher Ed - “Stop the presses: Today’s college students are using more technology than ever.”