Archive for November, 2007
Judge removed after jailing entire courtroom
November 29th, 2007And you thought librarians were uptight about cell phones.
What a strange story (via)
GETOSAMA
November 29th, 2007Barbie and I saw this car on the road yesterday.
Nothing wrong with the plate, IMO. Who is he hurting?
Fighting For Freedom
November 29th, 2007Reader Peter sent this in - “The Media Improvement Committee’s Special Improvement Organization tries to expunge any bad books, while the library’s Book Defense Force tries to fight them to protect the books under the Library Freedom Law.”
Neat!
National Library to be established in Jerusalem
November 29th, 2007Shalom
Enough of conferences with no power strips
November 28th, 2007Bloggers need power.
They had strips on the tables at Internet@Schools, but the wifi access stunk from that room. Anyway, it’s the thought that counts, right? Hey ITI, let’s get it right at CIL. Give us power strips!
OLPC Foundation sued
November 28th, 2007It’s so hard to do good these days. Hrumph.
The Boston Globe has the story.
Learning From Amazon.com
November 28th, 2007Nice!! A Q&A with an Amazon lawyer on how they fought for privacy and user records.
New Sticker at Librarian Avengers
November 28th, 2007
New Sticker at Librarian Avengers
Originally uploaded by Librarian Avenger
Buy This Banned Book
November 28th, 2007This makes sense.
Love this quote - “Even though the Higher Power of Lucky had won several literary awards, I didn’t go looking for a copy until the there was a big fuss about the word scrotum.”
Judges Feel Legal Blogs’ Glare
November 28th, 2007Bloggers have alot of power these days. Let’s hope they (we?) don’t screw it up. (via)
Duma Key
November 28th, 2007That’s the title of Stephen King’s new book, which I won’t be buying because of his asinine waterboarding comments.
Christina Aguilera on the Cover of Marie Claire
November 28th, 2007She looks amazing. Pregnancy suits her well.
I should have mentioned that I’m infatuated with CA these days. Hilary is taking a back seat.
Library Blogging
November 28th, 2007Preordered @ Amazon.com - Library Blogging, by Karen A. Coombs and Jason Griffey.
Congrats you guys!
743 PR Feeds
November 28th, 2007Pretty substantial number, although I think the librar* community has more. Walt?
More on 2Collab
November 28th, 2007For my Spanish speaking readers.
Blawg 100
November 28th, 2007From ABA Journal, here we go.
No law librarian category in sight. No respect, I tell ya.
On Library Blogging
November 28th, 2007Sophie Brookover on Why We Blog. Great piece.
Google Responds to Blogger ID Issue
November 28th, 2007There was a court order.
I love the disclaimer at the end of the piece. Priceless.
More on the NEA Study
November 28th, 2007From the Baltimore Sun - “Sadly, the report helps to highlight a counterintuitive truth about our educational institutions: School is often not a place that supports reading.”
Racial Profiling at Yale Library?
November 28th, 2007Not good. A little proof before accusing people. Let’s use the ‘ol librarian adage - Don’t judge a book by its cover.
The Firm Law Library as a Business
November 28th, 2007Nina Platt - “Today law firm library directors are finding their roles changing yet again as they, like the other administers in law firms, begin operating their departments as a business.”
IMO, this is a no-brainer. How could a corporate library NOT be run as a business?
More Teens Victimized by Cyber-Bullies
November 28th, 2007NYT - The schoolyard bully has gone digital.
Scary stuff.
History of Single Life
November 28th, 2007On Kinsey’s sex life. T.C. Boyle wrote a fictional piece on Kinsey that I devoured in 48 hours. (Nerve piece via)
Wheel of Fortune
November 28th, 2007Crazy questions at “The Wheel” - “One woman used to call in and ask, “If I was hit by a tractor-trailer truck and dragged 20 miles, would I survive?”
Don’t Close ‘Em
November 28th, 2007Ottawa Citizen - Libraries and rural alienation
“I Use The Google Maps”
November 28th, 2007Apparently, just launched. Collaborative Google Map editing.
20 points for the first person to provide the origin of the quote in the title.
.Gov Libraries
November 27th, 2007Gov Gab (A new to me blog - subscribed!!) talks about the benefits of libraries (via)
Google Gives Up IP of Anonymous Blogger
November 27th, 2007More info on Slashdot. Is the Annoyed Librarian shaking in his/her boots? (via)
On Conferences
November 27th, 2007Fred Oliveira - We need conferences by people who deeply care about other people, and not necessarily about the monetary outcome of the event (although I certainly understand conference organizers need to at the least, cover expenses). Finally, we need crafted conferences to overtake the crappy ones we have now.”
When Santa Turned Green
November 27th, 2007From one of my favorite new blogs (I’m in Going Green mode at work and at home) - “When Santa Turned Green is the illustrated story of Santa Claus’s quest to turn all the world’s children “green”—after he discovers that his home, the North Pole, is melting.”