Archive for January, 2008
Quality Artwork That Won’t Bust Your Budget
January 19th, 2008LibTalk Blog - “Using great images can take your publications (and blogs!) to the next level, but finding affordable images used to be a real challenge. Luckily, today there are many sources you can turn to for free or cheap high-resolution images.”
RIP, Sam the Butcher
January 19th, 2008From PageSix
NOBODY reads anymore
January 19th, 2008Steve Harris - “NOBODY reads anymore”
Fake ID’s
January 19th, 2008Librarians are creating their own.
The “Google generation” not so hot at Googling, after all
January 19th, 2008Arstechnica - “A new UK report on the habits of the “Google Generation” finds that kids born since 1993 aren’t quite the Internet super-sleuths they’re sometimes made out to be. For instance, are teens better with technology than older adults? Perhaps, but they also “tend to use much simpler applications and fewer facilities than many [...]
Sedona Library puts on its parent hat
January 19th, 2008Sedona.biz - “[A]ny student who is not using the Library for its intended purpose, any student who is using the Library as a hangout location will be told that they must leave the property. That means all the way down to the end of White Bear Road and Dry Creek Road.
Acceptable uses of the Library [...]
10 personal growth lessons from children
January 19th, 2008Evolving Times - “Children bring a great amount of wisdom with them when they join us here in this world. I have known this for many years and have always loved being around children. But it was not until I became a father, a bit more than four years ago, that I discovered just how [...]
Blogs shouldn’t be discussed in print books?
January 17th, 2008Walt Crawford - “One or two people suggested that hip blog-creating types wouldn’t be caught dead buying a dead tree book about blogs–that they’d consider it anachronistic and, well, just wrong.”
Such pompous fools. Don’t want to read a print book about blogs, don’t buy one. Geez!
Readable Laws
January 17th, 2008Readable Laws - “This is a wiki dedicated to explaining Congressional legislation in plain English”
Won’t work, but good luck.
Library 2.0 Debased
January 17th, 2008John Blyberg - “I’ve been feeling, for awhile now, that the term Library 2.0 has been co-opted by a growing group of libraries, librarians, and particularly vendors to push an agenda of “change” that deflects attention from some very real issues and concerns without really changing anything.”
Um, yeah! I’ve been sayin’ that for a [...]
Shared Reader
January 17th, 2008Another “What Are People Sharing” app. (via)
J.K. Rowling To Speak at Harvard Commencement
January 17th, 2008New York Observer- “Harvard announced today that J. K. Rowling will deliver the keynote address at this year’s commencement ceremony, which will be held on June 5th. As is customary, the Harry Potter author will receive an honorary degree from the university.”
Make it the Year of Innovation *for serious*
January 17th, 2008Andrea Mercado - “Innovation starts with fresh voices, fresh thinking, paradigm shifts, and other fun things like that. If you want to start innovating, you need to get out of your element, and look at things from new perspectives.”
Bodice Ripper
January 17th, 2008Super Librarian - “I’ve been thinking about the term “bodice ripper” a lot lately.”
Pidgin4Lib
January 17th, 2008Library Voice - “Pidgin4Lib looks cool”
My Pet Peeve… A Question for Libraries
January 17th, 2008Question: “Is there a changing table in your library’s public men’s room?”
Answer: There should be.
Flickr brings tagging to vintage images
January 17th, 2008More from CNet.
See also.
NYT article on same.
Porn or Art at the Library?
January 17th, 2008WANE-TV - “A Fort Wayne man is on a mission to ban what he calls pornography at the Allen County Public Library.”
The Library of Congress Teams Up With Flickr
January 17th, 2008Great news, a few days late (sorry, I’ve been stuck in researchland)
Antidepressant Studies Unpublished
January 17th, 2008Reason number 357 why I can’t trust big business.
I couldn’t live without my dose of Effexor in the AM, so they are doing some good for humanity, but they should be more transparent.
Geez!
Library funnies
January 15th, 2008Biblioblather - “I really wish I could draw. I wish I had a scanner, too. If I had a scanner, I’d be tempted to draw a couple of webcomics. Since I can’t and don’t, I need you to use your intelligence and imagination to supply the art for the following”
REM man dismissed as potential juror
January 15th, 2008JMS gets kicked out of Jury pool.
JMS? R.E.M. Trivia!!
Computers in Libraries welcomes ‘Rarin
January 15th, 2008Congrats Jessamyn
EPA’s move to ‘modernize’ libraries spurs concerns
January 15th, 2008Government Executive - “In response to a congressional mandate that the Environmental Protection Agency restore closed libraries, the agency said it will proceed with modernizing its library network, leading some people to believe the EPA will not resume physical library operations.”
Happy Birthday: Wikipedia Turns 7 Today
January 15th, 2008You live in a zoo!!
I blog, therefore, I am
January 15th, 2008Jill Stover - “It’s funny (and nice) that I took a break from blogging for a while and a number of people thought that some tragedy befell me. Not to worry, loyal readers!”
We love you Jill!
Hell at the Library, Eros in Secret
January 15th, 2008New York Times - “The lighting is bordello red, but the librarians insist that their X-rated exhibition is serious.”
Reader Assistance
January 15th, 2008Irene Wood writes:
“Any truly virtual libraries out there? As our hospital plans to build a new hospital for “the future,” I am preparing to convert our current print-heavy library to a virtual library in a much smaller space in the new building. As I am already providing more and more online resources to our physicians, [...]
The LISNews 10 Blogs To Read In 2008
January 14th, 2008The list of winner is up at LISNews. Thanks for the votes!!!
Update: Blake reviews his reviewing process.
Accelerate
January 14th, 2008That’s the name of the new R.E.M. album, which will be available for download on April 1st (April Fool’s Day).
The boys from Athens are putting up behind the scenes videos (RSS Feedaliciousness) as a countdown. Yay!