Archive for November, 2007
More on Shelfari
November 17th, 2007K.G. Schneider - “Shelfari is run by dirtbags.”
The End of An Era
November 15th, 2007Roy Tennant - “So after ten long years I will no longer be writing a column for Library Journal, but I will be blogging.”
FARQs?
November 15th, 2007Emily Clasper - “With the proliferation of library blogs, I’m always surprised to see how few libraries blog their reference questions… especially the common ones”
A FARQ is a Frequently Asked Reference Question. This is a wonderful idea and one that I have advocate for a long time. Go Emily!
More Non-Librarians at Library Conferences
November 15th, 2007Brett Bonfield - “it’s time we use the pulling power of speaking to thousands of librarians (not to mention the larger budgets for the bigger events) to bring in people who are setting the tone for the non-library information community.”
Ellyssa Kroski has put together a dynamite session for CIL 2008 that is filled with professionals [...]
More on Bush/Cheney Art
November 15th, 2007Laura Dolce - “In what has been deemed a victory over censorship, the Kennebunk Free Library Board of Trustees voted late last week to leave artist G. Bud Swenson’s collages hanging in its gallery — and to replace two collages that had been removed. Further, on Friday, the library will host a public forum on [...]
National Book Awards
November 15th, 2007How to win one. Advice from New York magazine (via).
I’m still smiling from William Vollmann’s victory last year. I met a few WV fans at Internet Librarian this year.
More on the AALL “Selling Law Librarianship” Article
November 15th, 2007James Mullan - “Firstly I wouldn’t trust the person on the front cover to sell me anything, then there are some of the suggestions for building a set of skills for making you more effective. Some of these are very good (I’ll come on to these later) but some are just bizzare and I’d love [...]
AE/LS Bookclub–Harper College
November 14th, 2007
AE/LS Bookclub–Harper College
Originally uploaded by Harper College Library
How To Pick Up A Librarian
November 14th, 2007Dos and Don’ts from LB.
Blake put together a bunch of them back in 2003. Still hilarious!
Bringing the reading room into the digital age
November 14th, 2007Elizabeth Church - “Jeff Trzeciak is out to revamp the role of the university library, putting computers where rows of books once stood and experimenting with new ways to deliver information that include gaming and a site in cyberspace”
Heaven. I’m in Heaven
November 14th, 2007Take a look at This announcement - “Public.Resource.Org and Fastcase, Inc. announced today that they will release a large and free archive of federal case law, including all Courts of Appeals decisions from 1950 to the present and all Supreme Court decisions since 1754. The archive will be public domain and usable by anyone for [...]
Andrew Pace joins OCLC
November 14th, 2007Congrats buddy.
Be a PR Perofessional
November 13th, 2007Selling Law Librarianship. I try to do this everyday. Librarians really need to chat with PR people and learn a few things. (via)
2 Billion Pics
November 13th, 2007Congrats to all Flickr users.
Ira Levin, R.I.P.
November 13th, 2007Margalit Fox - “Ira Levin, a mild-mannered playwright and novelist who liked nothing better than to give people the creeps — and who did so repeatedly, with best-selling novels like “Rosemary’s Baby,” “The Stepford Wives” and “The Boys From Brazil” — died on Monday at his home in Manhattan. He was 78.”
Unidentified Clinton Objects
November 13th, 2007AP - “In a move sure to provide fodder for conspiracy theorists, the Clinton Library withheld e-mails with subject lines like “X-Files” and “Area 51″ from a batch of documents recently released at a UFO buff’s request.”
I’ll bet Kucinich was first in line to look at the e-mails.
Tips on Keeping Up
November 13th, 2007From Phil Bradley
More on Filtering
November 13th, 2007Library Mole - “Kids to the right; perverts to the left”
Heh
Not Even Jellybeans
November 13th, 2007On Library School - “In library school, commentator Jennie Kiffmeyer learned all about the Dewey Decimal system, database design, and storytelling. But as she was to realize on the job as a school librarian in suburban Washington, that knowledge didn’t amount to a handful of jellybeans. Here is her list of ten things they don’t [...]
What’s New @ Your LISNews?
November 13th, 2007Blake Carver explains.
Wall St. Journal to End Fee for Web
November 13th, 2007The WSJ is set free.
Great news.
A bookstores editorial voice
November 13th, 2007Blogspotting, on A bookstores editorial voice
Thank You Aunt Karen!!!
November 13th, 2007
hallie and her mural 2-1
Originally uploaded by stevenmcohen
Talking Word Documents
November 13th, 2007Elsa Wenzel - “Microsoft and open-source site SourceForge will offer a free plug-in early next year that will convert Office 2007 files to the DAISY format that translates text to speech.”
Another Piece on Libraries and Change…
November 13th, 2007Roger H. Aylworth - “In a career that spans more than 30 years, Brenda Crotts has gone from being the keeper of a realm where even whispering was frowned upon, to having to deal with a customer who regularly announces he is going to surf porn on the Internet.”
Maybe she needs one of those silly [...]
Open Letter to the Annoyed Librarian
November 13th, 2007Dearest AL:
It seems that many of your fans are jumping up and revealing themselves as the real AL. Both you and I know that these are false allegations, which can easily be verified with a quick phone call (or anti-anxiety medication).
Don’t let the posers get to you. They do this to poke fun, [...]
Read a Book While Washing Your Clothes
November 13th, 2007Alexander MacInnes - “Czesak is not short on ideas on how to improve services, including opening more storefront branches, adding 40 computer terminals and providing more “concierge” service. During an interview at her office last week, Czesak half-jokingly proposed installing a Laundromat, so people can peruse books while washing clothes.”
Join the Club
November 12th, 2007Brad Barker - “Secret librarian handshake revealed!”
Ouch!
November 12th, 2007Lia Miller - “Borders bookstores — with their cafes, toys and games and large displays of movies and music — have never exactly been confused with, say, university libraries.”
More on the Art Show Controversy
November 12th, 2007Peter Schworm - “A controversy in Kennebunk, Maine, over collages made of old American flags, including caricatures of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, continues to rustle through the small coastal town near the Bush family’s estate and vacation retreat.”
Also, Boston.com redesigned.